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Removing Bone with Trochlea Bipes, 1527

Removing the bone with a trochlea bipes, after trephination, 1527. Trepanning is a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull, exposing the dura mater to treat health problems related to intracranial diseases. Cave paintings indicate that people believed the practice would cure epileptic seizures, migraines, mental disorders and the bone that was trepanned was kept as a charm to keep evil spirits away. Trepanation was also practiced in the classical and Renaissance periods.

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Title: Removing Bone with Trochlea Bipes, 1527

Caption: Removing the bone with a trochlea bipes, after trephination, 1527. Trepanning is a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull, exposing the dura mater to treat health problems related to intracranial diseases. Cave paintings indicate that people believed the practice would cure epileptic seizures, migraines, mental disorders and the bone that was trepanned was kept as a charm to keep evil spirits away. Trepanation was also practiced in the classical and Renaissance periods.

Category: ILLUSTRATION • Medical: History

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Image size: 2466 × 3737 px | 26.4 MB

Print size: 20.9 × 31.6 cm | 970.9 × 1471.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1500S • 16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • ANATOMY: BONES • ANATOMY: SKULL • ART • ARTWORK • BONE • BW • CRANEO • CRANEOS • CRANIAL • CRANIUM • CRANIUMS • DRAWING • DRILLING IN HEAD • DRILLING IN SKULL • ENGRAVING • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HOLE IN HEAD • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • MAKING BURR HOLE • MEDICAL OPERATION • MEDICAL OPERATIONS • MEDICAL • MEDICAL: HISTORY • MEDICINAL • OPERATION • PROCEDURE • SCIENCE • SKULL • SKULL, ANATOMY • SKULLS • SURGEON • SURGERY • SURGICAL INTERVENTION • SURGICAL • TREPAN • TREPANATION • TREPANNING • TREPHANING • TREPHINATION • TREPHINE • TREPHINING • TROCHLEA BIPES • XVI CENTURY