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Trephine with bit attached, Strasbourg, Austria, 1780-1820

Primitive surgical instruments used by the Chaoulas, from the slide collection of T. Wilson Parry, No. 3978

Superior aspect of Cranium 18 from Cuzco (triple-trephined).

Anterior aspect of Squiers, Inca Skull, showing trephinning.

Surgical instrument set, London, England, 1810-1812

Surgical Holing of the Skull in the Neolithic age

Illustrations of trephanned skulls (A-C)

Trephination set, Paris, France, 1771-1830

Piece of skull used in a trephination experiment with an obs

Bronze Age skull from Jericho, Palestine, 2200-2000

Diorama showing trephination in Neolithic times, England, 19

Case of instruments for trephination; English.

Field surgical pannier set, United Kingdom, 1905

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Diorama showing trephination in Neolithic times, England, 19

Case of instruments for trephination; English.

Piece of skull used in a trephination experiment with an obs

Primitive surgical instruments used by the Chaoulas, from the slide collection of T. Wilson Parry, No. 3978

Field surgical pannier set, United Kingdom, 1905