19 thoughts on “Silent Sundays: Trepanation (1944)”
I get a similar sensation when I listen to rap music, bagpipes or little children singing.
Lovely shot, sweetie. A gem, as always!
Or little children singing rap music, I’m sure.
Is this like an early form of lobotomy?
Trepanation is a way to bore a hole through the skull, sometimes to take pressure off the brain, sometimes to allow access to the brain for additional procedures. It’s actually one of the oldest surgical procedures known to archaeology, since skulls have been found showing signs of trepanning as far back as 6500 BCE and earlier. Trepanation in some forms is also still practiced today. It’s really a fascinating topic, if you ever have time on your hands.
I’ve heard of it thru reading Ripley’s Believe it or Not, but never quite understood if it was like lobotomy. I can see where it would help in cases of encephalitis (I hope I spelled that right). Certainly interesting. I love medical history, particularly from the 1800s. I’ve just got to visit the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Great blog! I enjoy reading it!
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(zombie smily face)
Oooo, I saw your post on that. Abandoned sanatoriums have to be just about the creepiest thing around.
Definetly. They’re my favorite to read about.
Why doesn’t she have any blood in her head?
Because…science!
There are sometimes my head feels like that, especially around the time someone comes driving down my street blaring music that I find atrocious. Though I do feel bad for anyone who had to go through that!
I’m with you, darling. I make exactly that face, too!
now that is what I call messing with my head
We do try to include a variety of that here on TYoH, darling.
I get a similar sensation when I listen to rap music, bagpipes or little children singing.
Lovely shot, sweetie. A gem, as always!
Or little children singing rap music, I’m sure.
Is this like an early form of lobotomy?
Trepanation is a way to bore a hole through the skull, sometimes to take pressure off the brain, sometimes to allow access to the brain for additional procedures. It’s actually one of the oldest surgical procedures known to archaeology, since skulls have been found showing signs of trepanning as far back as 6500 BCE and earlier. Trepanation in some forms is also still practiced today. It’s really a fascinating topic, if you ever have time on your hands.
I’ve heard of it thru reading Ripley’s Believe it or Not, but never quite understood if it was like lobotomy. I can see where it would help in cases of encephalitis (I hope I spelled that right). Certainly interesting. I love medical history, particularly from the 1800s. I’ve just got to visit the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Great blog! I enjoy reading it!
O>
–> D
O>
(zombie smily face)
Oooo, I saw your post on that. Abandoned sanatoriums have to be just about the creepiest thing around.
Definetly. They’re my favorite to read about.
Why doesn’t she have any blood in her head?
Because…science!
There are sometimes my head feels like that, especially around the time someone comes driving down my street blaring music that I find atrocious. Though I do feel bad for anyone who had to go through that!
I’m with you, darling. I make exactly that face, too!
now that is what I call messing with my head
We do try to include a variety of that here on TYoH, darling.
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