title: Trepanation is a metaphor.
authors.affiliation: University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology; D019365:Metaphor; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D012649:Self Concept; D014207:Trephining / Q000523:psychology*