Many believe that brain surgery is a relatively modern phenomenon…But the archaeological record shows that humans have been cracking open one another’s heads for thousands of years through the practice of trepanation! According to a new study, Inca surgeons in ancient Peru commonly and successfully removed small portions of patients’ skulls to treat head injuries. The healers who performed the surgeries used scraping tools and hand drills with differing degrees of success. Around the ancient Inca capital of Cuzco, remains dating back to A.D. 1000 show that surgical techniques were standardized and perfected over time. Museum of Anthropology, Archaeology and History, Lima,Peru.
Greg Abbott is busing asylum seekers to Chicago as a “gotcha!” to asylum cities but they were treated like such shit on the US-Mexico border that when they found out they were getting shipped to Chicago their reaction was, by and large, “I would have preferred New York City but this works too”. and Chicago had shelters and food waiting for them when they got here. it’s honest to god impressive to see how badly the republicans have been fumbling what should have been an incredibly easily midterms victory. just setting the democrats up for the perfect layup here
