The Process of Trepanation

question 113

Multiple Choice

 The process of trepanation

• A) always killed the patient.
• B) may have been done to release demons or relieve feelings of pressure.
• C) appears to have been performed after a person died.
• D) was first used during the sixteenth century in Europe.

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