8000+BC+-++Prehistoric+Medicine



FACTS

1.There is about a 70% chance of survival.

2. A trephine is an instrument used for cutting out a round piece of skull bone.

3. The surgical operation didn't usually cause death but the infection afterwards did.

4.The process took about 30-60mins to complete.

5. 2.5 to five centimeters across, in the skull of the patient.

6. Trepanned skulls of prehistoric date have been found in Britain, France, and other parts of Europe and in Peru.

7. The practice is now illegal.

8. There are a few places in the world where trepanning is still carried out by native traditional medical practitioners.

9. The opening was scraped with a sharp stone, the fragments blown away, the scalp sutured, and elaborate dressings applied.

10. Trepanning was called a craniotomy in medical terminology.

Trepanning did not have a great impact on society at the time because communication was so hard, not many people knew what trepanning was.

Science did not play a large role in society because the main focus people had was simply to survive.

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There were no major medical advancements at the time because no medical doctors could collaborate because there was no way to communicate.