Trepanation is the oldest known surgical procedure
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Trepanation is the oldest known surgical procedure
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In this episode, we explore how ancient peoples across the world deliberately opened the skull, how we know many patients survived, and what trepanation reveals about healing, ritual, and community care.
Using osteological evidence and archaeological context, this episode reframes trepanation not as madness or violence, but as effort, knowledge, and hope.
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