Until the late eighteenth century, people suffering from a psychological disorders were thought to be possessed by demons or evil spirits. Treatment was designed to alter the body in order to let out the spirits or make it an inhospitable habitat for them,and among the earliest of these was a technique in which part of the skull bone was removed to allow evil spirits out.But what was this technique called?
Correct answer: B. Trepanning
- A. Ice pick lobotomy
- B. Trepanning
- C. Prefrontal lobotomy
- D. Bloodletting
Explanation
Trepanning, or trephination, involved cutting or drilling an opening in the skull and was historically believed to release evil spirits. Lobotomies altered brain tissue, while bloodletting removed blood rather than skull bone.
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