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Trepanation as a therapeutic measure in ancient (pre-Inka) Peru

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Three cases of probably therapeutically intended trepanations of cranial fractures in ancient Peru are presented and discussed.

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  • Campillo D (1984) Neurosurgical pathology in prehistory. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 70: 175–290

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  1. Laboratory of Anthropology, Royal Dental School, Copenhagen, Denmark

    J. B. JØrgensen

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JØrgensen, J.B. Trepanation as a therapeutic measure in ancient (pre-Inka) Peru. Acta neurochir 93, 3–5 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01409893

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