PSY 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus, Ebers Papyrus, Edwin Smith Papyrus
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Stone age remains suggest that early people dealt with psychological conditions through a process known today as trephining. Archeological findings suggest that this procedure dates back to 5000 bc. Some people seem to have to survived the procedure since on some of the remains there were signs of healing on the skull. Procedure: holes are bored into the skull to effect some salubrious or positive medical outcome. Remains that show this procedure was used and have been found in australia, europe, Central america, south america, and africa as far back as 5000 bc in some regions. Theorists have hypothesized that this procedure was utilized to: Remove blood clots caused by battle (most are on the left side) Using intersecting incisions to remove a rectangular piece of skull. This procedure was practiced into the 1800s in europe. The instruments and procedures for this treatment, fortunately, did undergo some modernization. 16th century bc text describing the following.
