Ancient Cranial Surguey in Peru

[jmccr8]

I was just reading this article about cranial surgery in Peru,I found it quite interesting.

Ancient cranial surgery: bioarchaeologist studies trepanation

jmccr8

[Willie B Herd]

Yes, very interesting, and some were successful!!!

"....drilling a hole in someone's head becomes a reasonable thing to do....." hahaha

And practice was banned on women/children.

Excavating burial caves in the south-central Andean province of Andahuaylas in Peru, UC Santa Barbara bioarchaeologist Danielle Kurin and her research team unearthed the remains of 32 individuals that date back to the Late Intermediate Period (ca. AD 1000-1250). Among them, 45 separate trepanation procedures were in evidence. Kurin's findings appear in the current issue of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

"When you get a knock on the head that causes your brain to swell dangerously, or you have some kind of neurological, spiritual or psychosomatic illness, drilling a hole in the head becomes a reasonable thing to do," said Kurin, a visiting assistant professor i

Edited December 21, 2013 by Willie B Herd