The vessel of the spirit. The history of trepanation in different cultures.
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In 1897, a French military doctor kidnapped a very valuable artifact from the village of Taberga. It was a human skull on which healers of the Berber tribe demonstrated their trepanning skills from generation to generation during "professional initiation." From the perspective of modern scientific ethics, this act looks bad, although it revealed the complex skills and rituals in the society of traditional culture, rooted in ancient times. Human culture has been full of mysteries and puzzles since ancient times, not all of which have been solved. Nevertheless, it is interesting to look at the history of our ancestors through... "a hole in the head." Trepanation was part of complex burial rituals, with trepanned skulls used to create masks, and some tribes kept the heads of slain enemies in their own homes! Why are folk healers still in demand in society today? How successful were operations on the skull vault in the Stone Age? Were antiseptics invented in the Ancient World? And why did trepanation (the earliest surgical operation in human history) play an important role in the lives of our ancestors? These and many other questions will be answered in the book by Dr. Maria Mednikova, a doctor of historical sciences, titled "The Vessel of the Spirit. The History of Trepanation in Different Cultures."
Author:
Author:Mednikova M.B.
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Psychology
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:21x17x1.6 cm
Series:
Series:History and Science of the Russian Internet
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-17-154686-1
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