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Object Name |
Trephination Drill |
Object ID |
2004.134.01.01 |
Date |
Post 1915 |
Description |
One piece drill and handle in T-shape. Small serrated drill. |
Dimension Details |
1x9x1 |
Materials |
Metal |
Manufacturer |
Distributor Label: J.F. Hartz Co. |
MeSH Search Terms |
Surgical Procedures, Operative Neurosurgical Procedures / Instrumentation Trephining / Instrumentation |
Related Publications |
P2004-134 |
Research Notes |
Trephination, or trepanning, is a procedure in which a hole is drilled into the skull of a patient. This has been done since the Neolithic period, and is known as one of the oldest surgeries in history. Today, we use this method to treat ruptured blood vessels between the skull and the brain (epidural and subdural haematoma), but it was once used for convulsions, headaches, infections, removing malicious spirits, or relieving pressure. The trephine is the instrument used in the nineteenth century to perform a trephination—the round drill attached to a handle which the doctor turned by hand. |