Comments on: Everything you wanted to know about trepanation

By: Annie

Annie — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:52:22 +0000

The Mütter Museum has a little section of trepanated skulls. Kinda brutal. I also remember an article in Spin magazine from about ten years ago about folks drilling holes in the tops of their heads with screw guns to increase blood flow and thus become more enlightened…
I love your blog.

By: Another hole in the head « Neurophilosophy

Another hole in the head « Neurophilosophy — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:01:31 +0000

[…] to the illustrated history of trepanation, including an amusing post at Table of Malcontents, and this painting via Bioepehemera. The instrument depicted here is very similar to the transverse handle brace […]

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:11:22 +0000

I didn’t know that until a few days ago! And that’s why blogging is so much fun - you learn so much.

By: cicada

cicada — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:03:19 +0000

I can’t believe you know that. (To me it looks like a woodworking tool.)

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:14:43 +0000

A quite remarkable self-portrait. It depicts a transverse handle trepan, similar to some of the instruments described by Ambroise Paré in the late 16th Century.