1 posted on
04/26/2008 7:32:59 PM PDT by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
04/26/2008 7:33:20 PM PDT by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
***“Far from the idea of ‘savages’ drilling crude holes in skulls to release evil spirits, ***
I saw a documentary film at the theater in 1966 about this in Africa. Horrible!
To: blam
"... rarely causing infections or killing their patients ..."But the post-op headaches were probably a bitch.
To: blam
But ... was this healthcare free?
To: blam
In pre-Inca times, only one-third of skull surgery patients survived the procedure, as indicated by short- or long-term healing around cranial openings. Survival rates rose to between 80 and 90 percent during the Inca era, from A.D. 1400 to 1532. Few skulls showed signs of infection near surgical holes.
So what were they drilling for and did they cure anything?
6 posted on
04/26/2008 7:47:45 PM PDT by
uncbob
To: blam
8 posted on
04/26/2008 8:00:22 PM PDT by
R_Kangel
(`.`)
To: blam
Practitioners of this technique, known as trepanation, demonstrated great skill more than 500 years ago in treating warriors’ head wounds and possibly other medical problems, rarely causing infections or killing their patients, two anthropologists find. Yeah. I need trepanation like I need a hole in the head. Or something...
9 posted on
04/26/2008 8:03:11 PM PDT by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: blam
Uhh...maybe it wasn’t surgery but torture.
10 posted on
04/26/2008 8:07:09 PM PDT by
Eagles6
( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck)
To: blam
Don't exactly know why this is printed as something new.
I've seen the photos, read the stories decades ago - along with the description of their surgical instruments - the Aztecs performed the operation also, using instruments made from volcanic glass that held a super sharp edge.
Hippocrates also performed trepanning almost 2,500 years ago...
13 posted on
04/26/2008 9:52:08 PM PDT by
maine-iac7
(Typical Gun-Toting, Jesus-Loving Gramma)
To: blam
“There once was a tribe called the Incas,
“Who got to be known as big drincas.
“They worshipped the sun,
“And had lots of fun,
“But the peasants all thought they were stincas.”
;^)
14 posted on
04/27/2008 3:18:30 AM PDT by
elcid1970
(My cartridges are dipped in pig grease.)
To: blam
"My God, man. Drilling holes in his head isn't the answer. "
Mark
15 posted on
04/27/2008 4:52:01 AM PDT by
MarkL
To: blam
The last paragraph makes the “just medicine” theory hard to believe. Look at the ratio of people who had this surgery. You’d think it would be rare if it was heal head wounds from battle... but the article says 16 to 36 percent contained these holes?!??!? That’s crazy
From 411 skulls unearthed by different teams at six Peruvian sites dating from A.D. 1000 to the end of the Incas’ reign, the researchers identified 66 cases of trepanation. At pre-Inca sites, 5 to 8 percent of skulls displayed surgical openings. At Inca sites, 16 to 36 percent of skulls contained one or more trepanation holes.
16 posted on
04/27/2008 5:44:10 AM PDT by
Mount Athos
(if water boarding was a sexual preference, they'd be teaching it in public schools)
To: blam
Yep, and they were really great at cutting out hearts too.
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21 posted on
04/27/2008 4:20:36 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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