Painful 'cross-shaped incision' in medieval woman's skull didn't kill her, but second surgery did

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The skull of a medieval Lombard woman found in central Italy shows signs of having undergone two trepanations — surgeries to make holes in the head. But why she underwent the painful procedures is unknown.

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