eine Gelegenheit zum Entweichen geschaffen werden.
Das Kauterisieren (cauterium actuale, Brennen) beruhte auf den selben Überlegungen.
Auf dem dargestellten "Brennstellenbild" wird der Epilepsiekranke ("epilepticus") beiden Prozeduren - dem Trepanieren und dem Brennen - gleichzeitig unterworfen.
www.epilepsiemuseum.deIt was thought that opening the skull cap would cause the demons of the sickness, poisonous gases or disease-causing juices to escape.
The practice of cauterisation was based on the same beliefs.
In this picture, the person with epilepsy ('epilepticus') is undergoing both procedures - trepanation and cauterisation - at the same time.
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