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A trephined human skull from New Britain. Photograph, 1940.

Three trephinated skulls of people who may have suffered from headaches or epilepsy, Papua New Guinea. Halftone.

A sitting physician is trepanning another man's head while two others consult. Watercolour drawing.

Trephination, preparation of medicines from raw materials, a skeleton, a muscleman and a portrait of A. Paré. Line engraving.

A trephined human skull. Photograph.

A surgeon and his assistant operating on a patient's head and using a drill to perform the trephination. Engraving, 1731.

A praehistorikus trepanáció és orvostőrténeti vonatkozású sírleletek / [Lajos Bartucz].

Three cases of cranial surgery ... / by William H. Morrison.

M0005288: Detail of a trepanned skull, Papua New Guinea

Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 22 décembre 1841, / par Léon-Jean de Jonchère-Finot, né à Paris. I. Des complications de la gangrène. ... [etc].

M0008146: Trepanning instruments used by the Kabyle people

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A praehistorikus trepanáció és orvostőrténeti vonatkozású sírleletek / [Lajos Bartucz].

Three cases of cranial surgery ... / by William H. Morrison.

M0005288: Detail of a trepanned skull, Papua New Guinea

Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 22 décembre 1841, / par Léon-Jean de Jonchère-Finot, né à Paris. I. Des complications de la gangrène. ... [etc].

M0008146: Trepanning instruments used by the Kabyle people