{"id":4319,"date":"2016-07-08T00:56:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T23:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/?p=4319"},"modified":"2024-03-07T19:40:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T18:40:59","slug":"shocking-stories-of-trepanation-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/shocking-stories-of-trepanation-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking Stories of Trepanation (Photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trepanation (trephination), the world\u2019s second oldest surgical procedure after\u00a0circumcision, involves\u00a0drilling a hole into the skull of an individual suffering mental illness. The hole drilled into the skull (cut into the dura matter) is left to heal naturally, previous cases reportedly produced positive effect on the trepanned individual&#8217;s mood.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-2.jpg\" alt=\"Trepanation 2\" width=\"564\" height=\"832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/pmedia\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-2.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/pmedia\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-2-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trepanning which has been\u00a0successfully used to treat chronic headaches, epilepsy, and migraines is significance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/lobotomy-victims-from-history\/\">lobotomy<\/a> in terms of pain.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><br \/>\nTrepanation is carried out with the help of &#8216;trepans,&#8217; instrument evolved from\u00a0crude sharpened stones to hand cranked augers in the dark ages to electric drills.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-4.jpg\" alt=\"Trepanation 4\" width=\"450\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/pmedia\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-4.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/pmedia\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-4-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The medieval times medical procedure had many explanations. Some trepanners described it as\u00a0&#8220;letting light in&#8221; or &#8220;letting devils out.&#8221;\u00a0It would sound ludicrous nowadays, not only to believe that mere\u00a0drilling a hole in someone\u2019s head would \u201chelp release evil spirits,\u201d but, that it would as well cure the patient of their mental illness. Surprisingly, some physicians say the gruesome trepanation isn&#8217;t going away anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-6.jpg\" alt=\"Trepanation 6\" width=\"500\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/pmedia\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/pmedia\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-6-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Explanation below comes from\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>International Trepanation Advocacy Group<\/strong>, group of doctors who currently perform trepanation:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trepanation, making a hole in the skull, restores the pulse pressure to the brain. The arteries and capillaries can expand again, filling with an increased amout of blood and displacing the same volume of water.A significant amount of energy, lost with adulthood, returns.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4325\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4325 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-7.jpg\" alt=\"Trepanation 7\" width=\"640\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/pmedia\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-7.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/pmedia\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-7-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/pmedia\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-7-585x682.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trepanned skull. Photo:Vice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When asked how she felt after trepanation,\u00a0Amanda Feilding, the woman who carried out trepanation on herself, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8230;there was a feeling of rising, slowly and gently, to levels that felt good, very subtle. One very clear thing I noticed was the change in the dream pattern: my dreams became much less anxious\u2014that was quite noticeable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-9.jpg\" alt=\"Trepanation 9\" width=\"564\" height=\"1015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/pmedia\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-9.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.psychologyandi.com\/wp-content\/pmedia\/2016\/09\/Trepanation-9-167x300.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his own explanation, Dr.\u00a0Bart Hughes, a dutch scientist who is believed to be the biggest advocate of modern trepanation, having trepanned himself using an electric drill, says\u00a0humans have been robbed of a higher state of consciousness. According to him, the way to gain back our consciousness is to return to the unsealed heads we had when we were born &#8211; by opening a hole in the\u00a0now-sealed adult skull.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Further Readings<\/strong><\/span>\r\n- An Illustrated History of Trepanation - <a href=\"https:\/\/neurophilosophy.wordpress.com\/2007\/06\/13\/an-illustrated-history-of-trepanation\/\">Mo Costandi\r\n<\/a>- The Woman Who Drilled a Hole in Her Head to Open Up Her Mind. An interview with Amanda Feilding.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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