The neo-con practice of making a hole in the skull, known as trepanation, has been around since the Stone Age.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Bush approval drops.] Reference

From the Skeptic's Dictionary entry on "trepanation": trepanation is the process of cutting a hole in the skull.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greg Saunders: A Hole In The Head] Reference

Neurophilosophy : An illustrated history of trepanation.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Wild Life] Reference

Evidence of the oldest kind of surgery called trepanation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2004] Reference

Sadly, our FunTime is a poster child for trepanation gone bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tail Section » Lost Producers React to Spoiler-Gate ‘07] Reference

Infiltration of the public education system by self-trepanation cultists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irrational Fear? IRRATIONAL?] Reference

I wonder if people who undergo trepanation ever have pressure headaches again.    From Wordnik.com.  [madrigle Diary Entry] Reference

I am convinced that moments like that are what started the practice of trepanation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bitch is back, and a bucket of tragedy ain't gonna stop me] Reference

Pete Halbersam (ph), who declined an interview with CNN, describes self-trepanation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2004] Reference

Moskalenko studied 15 people who had undergone (trepanation) following head injuries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

It depicts a trepanation — the drililng of a hole in the skull for therapeutic reasons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trepanation for Handywarke of Surgeri, 1525 « Skid Roche] Reference

I remember reading an article on self-trepanation some years ago, in RollingStone it seems.    From Wordnik.com.  [madrigle Diary Entry] Reference

Presenting an illustrated history of trepanation, the oldest and grizzliest form of neurosurgery.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Illustrated History of Trepanation | Disinformation] Reference

Out of 120 prehistoric skulls found at one burial site in France dated to 6500 BC, 40 had trepanation holes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Light: A job like any other, a life like any other] Reference

It became unfortunately necessary to dispose of Hans after he became blind after my experiments with trepanation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The War with the Newts] Reference

No, it's not the Frank Capra movie starring Frank Sinatra-it's a documentary about the process known as trepanation.    From Wordnik.com.  [TV Curmudgeon Alan Rafkin ��� Ahhh, Garbo! ��� Woody-Frasier Reunion ��� A Hole in the Head?] Reference

Also, new surgical areas were covered by Kocher who wrote scientific articles on traumatic epilepsy, brain damages and trepanation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emil Theodor Kocher] Reference

The larger trepanation appears to have been produced by intersecting incisions, and the smaller one may have been made in the same way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neolithic Surgery] Reference

Stolyar, has been dated to 7300-6220 B.C., making the trepanned cranium the oldest known example of a healed trepanation yet discovered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mesolithic Surgery] Reference

In particular I was searching for an article that I remember reading as a kid about people who drilled holes in their heads (trepanation).    From Wordnik.com.  [inkblurt · I’ve been Googled?] Reference

(Frankly, I put it a small step up from trepanation.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Arran Frood's article on the use of trepanation to treat dementia.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Online News] Reference

I've had trepanation as a treatment for Hydrocephalus and in my case it did help.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Online News] Reference

Amanda stood for parliament demanding trepanation should be available free on the NHS.    From Wordnik.com.  [Londonist] Reference

The trepanation/psychosis title is the only manga series to have made me physically ill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.] Reference

A few centuries ago blood letting and trepanation were acceptable treatments for disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

Wired has a gallery of exhibit photos ranging from a skull that belonged to a trepanation patient to early x-ray machines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neatorama] Reference

Pre-trepanation, of course.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why you are not the Final Girl, Pat] Reference

I suggest self trepanation Roger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » FACT CHECK: Snow’s False and Misleading History of Stem Cell Research] Reference

History of trepanation - Boing Boing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

Mimette, I like your trepanation idea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hills Like White Elephants | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast] Reference

Link to Wikipedia article on trepanation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mind Hacks: Trephination set on EBay] Reference

I mean, this trepanation sounds like a joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2004] Reference

It's only that I've never seen a trepanation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drums of Autumn]

Link to BMEZine article on trepanation procedure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mind Hacks: Trephination set on EBay] Reference

Ever heard of trepanation?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference