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Brain Surgery, Electroshocks, Resurrection

By: Jiri Nvk

Neurosurgery

Trepanation, or trephination (both derived from the Greek word trypanon, meaning “to bore”) is perhaps the oldest form of neurosurgery. The procedure, which is called a craniotomy in medical terminology, involves the removal of a piece of bone from the skull, and it has been performed since prehistoric times. The oldest trepanned skull, found at a neolithic burial site of Ensisheim in France, is more than 7,000 years old, and trepanation was practised by the Ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Indians, Romans, Greeks and the early Mesoamerican civilizations. The procedure is still performed today, for both medical and non-medical reasons.
An Illustrated History of Trepanation

Dr. BEAURIEUX´s experiment conducted in 1905
Dr Beaurieux and the Guillotined Head
How long is a severed head conscious for?

Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939)… often called the “father of modern neurosurgery”

António Egas Moniz (1874-1955)… in 1949 Nobel Prize for introducing the psychosurgical procedure leucotomy (also known as lobotomy)
Egas Moniz and the Historical Background of Leukotomy

Robert J. White (1925-2010)… best known for his head transplants on monkeys
Dr. White´S Total Body Transplant 1/2
Dr. White´S Total Body Transplant 2/2

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Brain Dead (1990) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099173/
Brain Robbers from Outer Space (2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487196/

C
Criminally Insane (1975) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072831/

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Engineering Red (1993) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810384/

F
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H
Head – Hands – Heart (2010) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1725807/

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Insanitarium (2008) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103984/

P
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R
The Revived Monster (1953) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046091/

T
The Testament of Professor Dowell (1984) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088447/
25km2 (2011) http://dafilms.com/film/8316-25km2/

W
Wirehead (1997) http://dafilms.com/film/8265-wirehead/

 

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