Bulgarian Brain Surgery

It seems like Bulgarians might've been at the forefront of drilling holes in skulls thousands of years ago - this puts a new slant on medical tourism.

Interesting news out of Bulgaria this week: at an archaeological dig near Svilengrad, they've found a skull from Thracian times - that's 2500-1800 BC - with a small hole in it. The experts are sure it was drilled for medical reasons - evidence of the first brain surgery. I find it fascinating that we can continue to learn new things about the world of long-before-us, and when it happens in "my" special part of the world, I'm even more pleased.

Hmm ... As much as it disturbs me, medical tourism is becoming a catch phrase now ... but who knows, perhaps it always was, and Bulgaria was the front runner.