Trepanning - a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled into the human skull. Evidence has been found in prehistoric human remains from Neolithic times onward

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ive had headaches where this didnt sound like a terrible idea.
- That's how cluster headaches feel, if only I could punch a hole right HERE and release the pressure.....
This was done in the movie 'Master and Commander' also.
- I hope it was just special effects.
Some skulls even had multiple holes, showing people actually survived this and went back for more.
- Maybe they were just practicing on a corpse
  
  You can tell if it was done on a living person who survived because the skull around the removed section changes from the body healing afterwards.

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