01:830:310 Quiz: Why History
23 Feb 2016
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Possible they did this for medical or magical purposes i. Medical: when there is trauma to a brain, there is swelling and cannot expand the skull and the pressure on the brain can cause death. Trepanning done medically can release the pressure of the brain. If you do not relieve the pressure you can die. Its not a random skull- there is evidence of healing d. e. Hypocrites has written instructions on how to relieve the injury. Where to make the holes on the brain depending on the head/brain injuries. Done with scrapping- cutting the skin on the skull then scrapping a hole. The heart is where all the motion and movement comes from. Reason: heart is warm and that has to be where the actions are controlled because that"s where all the veins and arteries go. Body becomes paralyzed on the opposite side where brain injury takes place ii. He had served as a physician to gladiators a.
