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work_6axxg3tdrzbjlhh2zb5ulgodhm	Graciela Zuccaro	The dawn of neurosurgery in pre-conquest Mesoamerican territories	2017	9	.pdf	application/pdf	2751	230	64	rich and colorful mythological traditions, advanced astronomical knowledge (Fig. 5), and distinct architectural styles whose constant state of war, of full body-to-body combat which resulted in numerous injuries, deaths, and executions, this provided hands on knowledge of the human body, of anatomy. These heads had three main purposes: offered to the temples, displayed in a trophy style gallery of skulls, or used to Pre-Columbian doctors were extremely interested in head injuries as is evidenced example, Aztec doctors knew that severe head injuries and Fig. 9 Image of Shaman offering The patients' post-surgery survival prognosis was calculated based on the presence of osteoporosis in craniotomies' Fig. 10 Image of human sacrificial ceremony. Fig. 14 a-e) A patients' postsurgery survival prognosis based The warriors were accompanied into war by all members of the household, including proceeded to shrink the heads (called tsantsa) (Fig. 17). decapitations, trephinations, head shrinking techniques, and Fig. 17 Shrunken heads of the Jívaro-Shuar	./cache/work_6axxg3tdrzbjlhh2zb5ulgodhm.pdf	./txt/work_6axxg3tdrzbjlhh2zb5ulgodhm.txt