Why trepan? contributions from medical history and the South Pacific

Trepanation

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 323-345

  Martin, Graham ^a  

^a Wakefield Specialist Medical Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Head injuries; History of surgery; Trepanation

Indexed keywords

EID: 60950274488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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