Trephination

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Cekuš, G. I. (1996). Trephination, (32), 5-8. Retrieved from https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%263565&page=0&sort=8&stype=0&backurl=%2fissue.aspx%3fissue%3d3565
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Title

Trephination

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Author

Geza, I, Cekuš

Journal

Glasnik Antropološkog društva Jugoslavije

Volume
Issue

32

Start page

5

End page

8

ISSN

0351-1480

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URL

https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%263565&page=0&so...

Date

1996-2021/11/03/11:46:07

Abstract

The author distinguish three variants of trephination undertaken intra vitam or post mortem. The main reason for trephination appears to be the treating of wounds. In these cases the trephination was a surgical procedure to correct some serious medical problems therefore they removed a portion of the skull. The other reason for the trephination was ritualistic, a post mortem removal of circular pieces of skull; this view is supported the fact that amulets were prepared from discs of human skulls. The third type of trephination is the so called symbolic one. They did not remove a portion of the skull, only scratched the tabula externa.

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