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‘Hat on – hat off’: trauma and trepanation in Kisii, western Kenya

Sloan MahoneHistory of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 331-345 | Received 24 May 2013, Accepted 25 Jan 2014, Published online: 03 Apr 2014

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