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Trepanning: The Original Lobotomy

Medical historian Richard Barnett talks about trepanning, a neolithic approach to problem-solving. #History #LouisPasteur #AlexanderFleming Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► Follow WIRED: Instagram ►► Twitter ►► Facebook ►► Tik Tok ►► Also, check out the free WIRED channel…

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  1. @JohansenHasenburg

    June 25, 2026 at 3:46 pm

    I’m feeling an imbalance in my four humors…

    • @juanjj9662

      June 25, 2026 at 4:24 pm

      Nothing a few leeches can’t fix.

  2. @WeHj-o7l

    June 25, 2026 at 3:51 pm

    wait so they really drilled holes in skulls back then just to, i dunno, feel better 😳

  3. @RileyRain-t2k

    June 25, 2026 at 3:52 pm

    I enjoy this format, keep doing it

  4. @bloodybucket213

    June 25, 2026 at 3:53 pm

    As a machinist, I can assure you that trepanning is alive and well.

  5. @ObamaTheGreat

    June 25, 2026 at 3:56 pm

    No way.

    It was for headaches

    Ive considered drilling my own skull numerous times in bouts of headaches

    • @lvinor

      June 25, 2026 at 6:32 pm

      Thought so too, possibly also to relieve inter-cranial pressure after a severe head injury and the sorts.

  6. @hollydul6084

    June 25, 2026 at 4:24 pm

    I had a Chiari Decompression. Its kind of still here

  7. @jaredavery7641

    June 25, 2026 at 5:42 pm

    Skulls with more holes have more Dust. Iykyk.

  8. @Justin-gv3lp

    June 25, 2026 at 5:48 pm

    “This SOUNDS like a rather radical intervention, but actually! Thousands of years ago mystic shamans with no medical understanding of the human body used to cut holes into people’s skulls with rocks, and we have no earthly idea why they did it!”

    “….oh, so you mean a radical intervention then?”

  9. @jacobjones8005

    June 25, 2026 at 5:53 pm

    homunculus manga

  10. @ricosuave6503

    June 25, 2026 at 6:02 pm

    It’s ok to help reduce intracranial pressure . It’s done all the time.

  11. @notavailable5216

    June 25, 2026 at 7:23 pm

    Yes. The Trump-ectomy is still widely available

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