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[TREPANATION]. HUGES, Hugo Bart (1934-2004). Homo sapiens correctus. Amsterdam: Made in Prison Copy Rights of 100,000, [1964]. Facsimile paper scroll of manuscript text with 10 hand-colored (colored with marker and pen) diagrams of how consciousness expands through trepanation. Approximately 114 x 17”. Rolled, with edgewear and numerous internal creases. Near fine. FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE PUBLISHED SCROLL (sometimes referred to as “The Mechanism of Brainbloodvolume.”) Huges, a Dutch librarian and medical student (he was denied a medical degree due to his endorsement of the use of L. S. D. and other prohibited drugs), who advocated for trepanation as a means of balancing blood and cerebral spinal fluid. On January 6, 1965, Huges used a dental drill to drill a hole in his own skull. He spent the remainder of his life advocating for trepanation and publishing several works to that end.