The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #66740 Message #1110009
Posted By: GUEST
05-Feb-04 - 11:40 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Van Diemen's Land
Subject: RE: Folklore: Van Dieman's Land
Trepanning is the art of relieving pressure on the brain by drilling holes in the skull! It sometimes worked apparently! I don't remember the context in Van deimans land though.