Comments on: Trepanation for dementia http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 03:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521474 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521474 That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me. That would have worked if you hadn’t stopped me.

]]> By: Tom Hale http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521529 Tom Hale Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521529 Apoxia - I couldn't find the study that I read concerning increased intracranial pressure being misdiagnosed as alzheimers, but here's a good one. <a href="http://www.cinn.org/cr-articles/CR-nph.html">Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH): New Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment</a> Apoxia – I couldn’t find the study that I read concerning increased intracranial pressure being misdiagnosed as alzheimers, but here’s a good one. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH):
New Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment

]]> By: Tom Hale http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521530 Tom Hale Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521530 I suppose I should have said, "too much fluid in their brain," instead of increased intracrainial pressure. I suppose I've mixed the two since I read about it a few years ago. I suppose I should have said, “too much fluid in their brain,” instead of increased intracrainial pressure. I suppose I’ve mixed the two since I read about it a few years ago.

]]> By: Chanttojah http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521539 Chanttojah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521539 You can obtain a very nice Trepanation Print here: http://shop.transmissionatelier.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8_3&products_id=2 You can obtain a very nice Trepanation Print here:

http://shop.transmissionatelier.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8_3&products_id=2

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521058 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521058 My favourite subject :oD if only i had the balls to actually have it done! ITAG > www.trepan.com My favourite subject :oD if only i had the balls to actually have it done! ITAG > http://www.trepan.com

]]> By: brainpuddl3 http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521083 brainpuddl3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521083 Wonder if the doctor wears a funnel hat.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extraction_of_the_Stone_of_Madness_(The_Cure_of_Folly) Wonder if the doctor wears a funnel hat….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extraction_of_the_Stone_of_Madness_(The_Cure_of_Folly)

]]> By: towlemonkey http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521096 towlemonkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521096 That's fascinating, and makes quite a bit of sense. However, it seems a bit extreme. It seems that performing daily headstands or using an inversion board would produce similar results. That’s fascinating, and makes quite a bit of sense. However, it seems a bit extreme. It seems that performing daily headstands or using an inversion board would produce similar results.

]]> By: MrsBug http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521122 MrsBug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521122 Being 41, I need that like a hole in the head. Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week. Try the veal. Being 41, I need that like a hole in the head.

Thank you, thank you. I’ll be here all week. Try the veal.

]]> By: Marchhare http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521895 Marchhare Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521895 I clicked on the comments to see how many of them it took before someone made the "I need that like I need a hole in my head" joke. (Of course, on the off chance no one made it, I was ready to do so.) I clicked on the comments to see how many of them it took before someone made the “I need that like I need a hole in my head” joke. (Of course, on the off chance no one made it, I was ready to do so.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521130 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521130 I want to be a trepan! YAY! I want to be a trepan! YAY!

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521901 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521901 Yeah, but MRSBUG's rimshot club comic delivery is funny. Yeah, but MRSBUG’s rimshot club comic delivery is funny.

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521651 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521651 Please, please, please read the Wiki page on Amanda Feilding, and go ahead and read the 'science' projects at the Beckley Foundation's website. Sigh. Regarding the NPH treatment: it looks like the Dysmorphophobes, er, trepanatists have been drilling in the wrong place... Please, please, please read the Wiki page on Amanda Feilding, and go ahead and read the ‘science’ projects at the Beckley Foundation’s website.

Sigh.

Regarding the NPH treatment: it looks like the Dysmorphophobes, er, trepanatists have been drilling in the wrong place…

]]> By: Tom Hale http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521144 Tom Hale Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521144 I've read that a lot of people that are diagnosed with alzheimers actually have too much fluid in their brain and they return to normal when the extra fluid is drained. Maybe that's what's going on here. I’ve read that a lot of people that are diagnosed with alzheimers actually have too much fluid in their brain and they return to normal when the extra fluid is drained. Maybe that’s what’s going on here.

]]> By: 3.14chan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521404 3.14chan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521404 Interesting, I think that people should study more about this (but will be very hard to find a form of placebo for test) Interesting, I think that people should study more about this (but will be very hard to find a form of placebo for test)

]]> By: Modusoperandi http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521165 Modusoperandi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521165 Plus, when you push in the "4-square-centimetre" bone-free area with your index finger you get to smell burning toast. It's win-win! Plus, when you push in the “4-square-centimetre” bone-free area with your index finger you get to smell burning toast. It’s win-win!

]]> By: Drew from Zhrodague http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521166 Drew from Zhrodague Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521166 I recommend this procedure only when required by the driving habits or political views of the demented. I recommend this procedure only when required by the driving habits or political views of the demented.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521178 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521178 Why not? It seems to work for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_(film)">migraines.</a> Why not? It seems to work for migraines.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521978 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521978 Shoot, Home Depot should get into this racket! Shoot, Home Depot should get into this racket!

]]> By: apoxia http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/trepanation-for-deme.html#comment-521470 apoxia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-521470 @ Tom Hale I've never heard that theory, and I know a lot about dementia. Interesting idea of trepanation. Still doesn't help with neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques which are the most common physiological correlates of dementia. Unless Moskalenko thinks trepanation would work as a prophylactic treatment - although neurofibrillary tangles start to accumulate around age 30. It also raises issues of consent - drilling a hole in the skull is a pretty invasive procedure for someone who has lost a reasonable portion of the marbles. @ Tom Hale

I’ve never heard that theory, and I know a lot about dementia.

Interesting idea of trepanation. Still doesn’t help with neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques which are the most common physiological correlates of dementia. Unless Moskalenko thinks trepanation would work as a prophylactic treatment – although neurofibrillary tangles start to accumulate around age 30. It also raises issues of consent – drilling a hole in the skull is a pretty invasive procedure for someone who has lost a reasonable portion of the marbles.

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