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We ’ ve seen this practice hundreds of times in horror films — the threat of having someone drill a hole into your head — but doctors believe the practice actually serves some medical benefit . Dating back to prehistoric times , trepanation was originally done to relieve bad spirits from a patient . In today ’ s industry , holes are drilled into the skull to relieve pressure after serious trauma to the brain has occurred .

You might not even consider this an ancient practice since it is so commonplace today , but a Cesarean section ( more commonly known as a C-section ) is one of the oldest medical practices , dating back to 320 B . C . The mortality rate for the procedure was once very high , until the 1880s when a technique was developed to minimize bleeding . According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , nearly one-third of all babies were delivered via C-section in 2012 .

22 June 2015