Quote Originally Posted by kekailoa View Post
There is evidence in skeletons found in Britain of Celtic-era men receiving brain surgery and surviving! The skeleton was found with a hole in his head, and further bone growth over it, showing the body had time to recover from the surgery.
i remember Aegyptians practiced trepanation and also some South American natives... but did such operations offer even some vague hope of recovery or were purely ritual-oriented procedures ???