Q18 Look carefully at this image of a woman who experienced trepanation, the intentional cutting of holes in the skull. This is an ancient medical practice throughout the world (with some modern day proponents - I do NOT recommend), and believe it or not people DID survive this procedure in many cases. Looking closely at the margins of the hole removed from this skull would you say this woman survived or not? [33] A She did survive B She did not survive
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