Two examples of ancient skull surgery

Elsie H. Froeschner

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Paleopathology and ancient diseases History of Medicine Studies History of Medical Practice

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The author, while a research illustrator at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, studied two ancient skulls from the Incan period in Peru, both with trephination. Her conclusions and illustrations of the skulls are included in this paper.

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1990Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration

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