OFF:Trepanation??

[Andy Cobley]

Christian Mumford wrote:
>
> Andy Gilham wrote:
> >
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> >
>
> Weird weird... A friend of mine tried to convince me some years ago that
> by drilling a hole in the back of your skull, thus relieving pressure on
> your brain, would create some sort of ultimate high! According to him it
> was popular in the sixties - I have no clue whether he actually believed
> this himself (he's kinda crazy) - or was trying to pull my leg. But I
> could not bring myself to believe this. It must be some kind of urban
> myth

Its no myth.  Some woman called Amanda Feilding did it to herself in the
60's or 70's.  She used an electric drill to bore a hole in here
forehead.
Apparently she videoed the whole experience including the power cut
in the middle of the operation.  Later she stood for parlament to become
an MP but never made the grade.

Read more at:

http://zikzak.zikzak.net/~thirdeye/article.html


Andy C


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