I learned a new word today: "trephination" - drilling a hole in the skull to relieve pressure on the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Microserfs]

Someone has an EBay auction about to close in which they're selling a genuine set of surgical tools for trephination - the surgical practice of drilling holes through the skull.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mind Hacks: Trephination set on EBay] Reference

In fact, there is a substantial possibility that in the not-too-distant future, what many toilers now proudly consider their scientific output will be seen to constitute “science” in the same way that a medieval physician, packing his leeches and potions and phlebotomy and trephination tools, can be said to have “practiced medicine”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Shapiro on Behe and ID - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

The surgeon recommended trephination of the skull to relieve the headaches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gates of Vienna] Reference

How about trephination (drilling a hole in someone's head) as a solution to mental illness?.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Thinker] Reference

Trepanation, or trephination (both derived from the Greek word trypanon, meaning "to bore") is perhaps the oldest form of neurosurgery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clipmarks | Live Clips] Reference

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It begins with the first impressions of ship surgeons, missionaries and traders, who witnessed the amazing trephination skills of village medicine men residing in the Bismarck Archipelago.    From Wordnik.com.  [PRWeb - Daily News Feed] Reference

Treatment sounds interesting it’s called “trephination”“.    From Wordnik.com.  [Misha Collins Live on Twitter During Supernatural Episode on May 6th] Reference