
Archaeologists uncover evidence of early brain surgery on 9th-century man
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Archaeologists uncovered a Viking-era skull with a surgical hole, suggesting trepanation was used to relieve pain more than 1,000 years ago.
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The man likely underwent trepanation, an ancient surgical procedure where a hole is bored into a living person’s skull to treat conditions like migraines or seizures.
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