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The Skullcap, Cranial Vault or Calvarium

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The landmarks of the skull are exemplified by studies concerning the Mona Lisa and the reconstruction of Dante’s skull. Modern trepanation, which is still handicraft, is compared to ancient trepanation. Instruments, witch doctor trepanation in Africa and trepanation in the ancient Arabic world are treated. Skull studies performed in spaceflights, on fibroblast growth factor and on yellow bone marrow are discussed. At the end, the chapter returns to Vesalius’s skull studies and Leonardo’s “oldest” miniature-scale sculpture of the skull.

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    Literature indicates that one century later, a second Gerard of Cremona, called originally Gerard de Sabloneta, translated Albucasis.

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Marani, E., Heida, C. (2018). The Skullcap, Cranial Vault or Calvarium. In: Head and Neck. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92105-1_2

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