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(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 17:11, archived)
# I needed to see that
like a hole in the.......you get the idea
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 17:14, archived)
# By coincidence
I was just reading an article in the FT about Phineas Gage.
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 17:15, archived)
# Ah yes!

In the late 60’s my uncle started to get into general weirdness. A mixture of ‘eastern philosophies’, hippydom and faux English folk history. This culminated with him drilling a fairly large hole in his head ‘to let the evil out’. He did it with a hand drill rather than a power drill because as he said later “I was mad not stupid”.
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 17:25, archived)
# Did it work?
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 17:25, archived)
# He thought it did
.
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 17:29, archived)
# brain fluid is
evil
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 17:29, archived)
# the local lord over in the cotswold is a fan of it
he's wife heads up a society to promote it.

i'd give it a go, but for the fear of pressing too hard with the drill, i know what my DIY is like.
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 17:31, archived)
# ^Acid casualty
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 17:32, archived)
# I need trepantion like I need a hole in the head!
oh...
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 17:39, archived)
# one time I accidentally ended up on the Trepanation Society mailing list.
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 17:54, archived)
# Next month is a special issue on pithing
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 18:19, archived)
# CHARLIE BROWN
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 18:46, archived)
# what?
(, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 18:54, archived)