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![Ancient brain surgery. Miss Helen Hecker, secretary to Dr. [...] Curator of Physical Anthropology of the Smithsonian Institution, poses with an ancient trephined skull discovered in Alaska by Dr. Hrdlicka, which is believed to prove that brain surgery was practiced there as long ago as 2,000 years. Dr. Hrdlicka made his discoveries from the lower strata of an ancient settlement on Kodiak Island. He believes that trephining among the Indians was a practical surgical operation, designed to relieve pressure against the brain from a skull fracture, and to remove bone splinters. It also is believed possible that these holes were bored in skulls, at times, to let out evil spirits causing headaches, 11/23/35](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvYW5jaWVudC1icmFpbi1zdXJnZXJ5LW1pc3MtaGVsZW4taGVja2VyLXNlY3JldGFyeS10by1kci1jdXJhdG9yLW9mLXBoeXNpY2FsLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Ancient brain surgery. Miss Helen Hecker, secretary to Dr. [...] Curator of Physical Anthropology of the Smithsonian Institution, poses with an ancient trephined skull discovered in Alaska by Dr. Hrdlicka, which is believed to prove that brain surgery was practiced there as long ago as 2,000 years. Dr. Hrdlicka made his discoveries from the lower strata of an ancient settlement on Kodiak Island. He believes that trephining among the Indians was a practical surgical operation, designed to relieve pressure against the brain from a skull fracture, and to remove bone splinters. It also is believed possible that these holes were bored in skulls, at times, to let out evil spirits causing headaches, 11/23/35")
Postgraduate students studying physiology of the muscle. The experiment is with frogs' muscle tissue. Left to right: 1) J.S. Newcomer, graduate of University of Utah and majoring in organic chemistry. 2) A.E. Bell, graduate of University of Kentucky, genetics major. 3) Hiss Trondailer Jones, graduate of Lincoln University at Jefferson City, Missouri, taking postgraduate work in nutrition. 4) Samuel Massie, of Little Rock, Arkansas, studied at Arkansas State, taking postgraduate work in organic chemistry
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Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Delano, Jack, photographer
Location
Ames, 42.03471, -93.61994
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
