trepan
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Trepan was formerly trapan, and belongs to trap— "Some by the nose with fumes trapan 'em, As Dunstan did the devil's grannam."
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
What is requisite to be done in a doubtful Occasion; Must the Trepan be apply'd or omitted?
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel
A double Trepan is to be made, and apply'd on each side of the Suture, by reason of the overflowing of the Blood, which may happen therein.
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel
Do all the Fractures of the Skull require the use of the Trepan?
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel
What is that deep Fracture, wherein the use of the Trepan is absolutely necessary?
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel
