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Tense, nervous headache? Take an aspirin. Three thousand years ago, a popular cure was trepanation - a hole drilled through the skull. The ancient Egyptians used clay crocodiles and the Romans tried shocks from electric fish. Today people take aspirin - more than seven million a week in the UK. Writer Chris Fallon
Series producer Kim Flitcroft Producer Michael Davies BBC Bristol

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Chris Fallon
Producer:
Kim Flitcroft
Producer:
Michael Davies
Source: Radio Times

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