Trephination kit for sale on eBay

Trephination is an ancient surgical procedure where a hole is drilled in the skull. This kit is circa 1750. (via Boing Boing)

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Maria
Trephination was also apparently the standard of care for people with delusions and hallucinations (i.e. schizophrenia) in eras before Galen and Hippocrates….
Anonymous
And in the 20th century, we had frontal lobotomy in which a burr hole was drilled and further refined by using an ice pick….