Some links and references for further reading:

1. Trepanation from the Palaeolithic to the internet
2. The skull doctors by Stephanie Pain (New Sci vol 167 issue 2256 – 16.Sep.2000)
3. Post-Mortem Trepanations in Central Asia: Maria Mednikova
4. Cranial Burr Holes and Emergency Craniotomy
5. Ancient Trephinations in Neolithic People – Stone Age N-surgery? 2008 (PDF)
6. Craniotomy through the ages: G Sperati 2007
7. On Injuries of the Head By Hippocrates
8. The people with holes in their heads  copyright 1984 by John F. Michell
9. ITAG the International Trepanation Advocacy Group
10. A hole in the head

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