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An early biomedical treatment for mental illness called _____ involved primitive surgery on the brain, presumably as a treatment to allow evil spirits to leave the body. A) psychotropics B) reserpine C) trephining D) oonmaad

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C) trephining

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Trephination was an early medical treatment for mental illness, as well as for a whole range of other conditions. This procedure required surgery on the brain, as a hole was drilled into the skull using simple tools. This allows early doctors access to the brain, the blood vessels and meninges. This treatment was used for a great variety of conditions, such as intracranial diseases, epileptic seizures, migraines and mental disorders by relieving pressure.

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