Scientists analyzed the skull of a medieval woman who once lived in central Italy and found evidence that she experienced at least two brain surgeries consistent with the practice of trepanation, ...

The skull of an early medieval woman found in Italy shows signs of two trepanations – surgeries for making holes in the head. There were several reasons for trepanation, but in this case, the ...

The skull of a medieval Lombard woman found in central Italy shows signs of having undergone two trepanations — surgeries to make holes in the head. But why she underwent the painful procedures is ...