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Wikipedia knows that ...
Neurosurgery, or the premeditated incision into the head for pain relief, has been around for thousands of years, but notable advancements in neurosurgery have only come within the last hundred years.

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The Incas appear to have practiced a procedure known as trepanation since the late Stone Age. During the Middle Ages in Al-Andalus from 936 to 1013 AD, Al-Zahrawi performed surgical treatments of head injuries, skull fractures, spinal injuries, hydrocephalus, subdural effusions and headache.
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Availle wrote: February 28th, 2021, 12:46 am Thanks for giving me something to read for the next NF Collection! :D
Will you be able to read the first sentence on page 7 without trembling on the edge of laughter?

I know I couldn't. I mean: "taxed the ingenuity..." :lol:

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brings me to some topics like torture, laws, religon, psychology, and some comparable stuff.
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schrm wrote: March 1st, 2021, 12:53 am brings me to some topics like torture, laws, religon, psychology, and some comparable stuff.
Career move, huh? :lol:

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SonOfTheExiles wrote: March 1st, 2021, 12:59 am
schrm wrote: March 1st, 2021, 12:53 am brings me to some topics like torture, laws, religon, psychology, and some comparable stuff.
Career move, huh? :lol:

Chris
uh, i cannot see suffering of living material, so i doubt my careers in that area.
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