A History of Neurosurgery: In Its Scientific and Professional ContextsA History of Neurosurgery is the first thorough book on the history of neurosurgery published since 1951. The book is organized around a specific historiographic framework that traces the advancement of the specialty. Included are chapters on ancient trepanation, Macewen's first use of the combined technologies of anesthesia, antisepsis and cortical localization in 1879 to plan and perform craniotomies, the emergence of Harvey Cushing's leadership, the evolution of modern neurosurgical techniques and technology and much more. |
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... procedures . They were also frequently wrong in their local- ization . Thus , by 1892 , surgeons like Landon Carter Gray ... procedure which he contem- plates . In like manner , the physician must thor- oughly understand the result and ...
... procedures . They were also frequently wrong in their local- ization . Thus , by 1892 , surgeons like Landon Carter Gray ... procedure which he contem- plates . In like manner , the physician must thor- oughly understand the result and ...
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... procedures exists only in the ancient skull itself and requires careful and system- atic interpretation . The literature on trepanation is vast and un- even , although recognition that the procedure was carried out on living subjects ...
... procedures exists only in the ancient skull itself and requires careful and system- atic interpretation . The literature on trepanation is vast and un- even , although recognition that the procedure was carried out on living subjects ...
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... procedure . Variation in the size of the parietal foramina and similar normal variation in parietal bone thickness ... procedures . The evidence of success is both abundant and world - wide . It is also ancient . While we cannot vouch ...
... procedure . Variation in the size of the parietal foramina and similar normal variation in parietal bone thickness ... procedures . The evidence of success is both abundant and world - wide . It is also ancient . While we cannot vouch ...
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... procedure was being developed locally . Certainly , the drilling technique , which seems to involve the use of a ... procedures inasmuch as the human head is apparently capable of surviv- ing major injuries providing that the dura is not ...
... procedure was being developed locally . Certainly , the drilling technique , which seems to involve the use of a ... procedures inasmuch as the human head is apparently capable of surviv- ing major injuries providing that the dura is not ...
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... procedure allowing the operator to minimize the possibility of penetrating the dura . ( The watercolor illustration is by Mathew Jon Naujock , Lucas County Coroner's Office , Toledo , Ohio ) 4 Neurosurgery in the Ancient and Medieval ...
... procedure allowing the operator to minimize the possibility of penetrating the dura . ( The watercolor illustration is by Mathew Jon Naujock , Lucas County Coroner's Office , Toledo , Ohio ) 4 Neurosurgery in the Ancient and Medieval ...
Contents
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Treatment of Craniocerebral Infection and Other Common | 83 |
Gestation and Birth of the Specialty | 97 |
1800 to 1875 | 131 |
From Theory to Practice Paul Broca and | 137 |
The Management of Head Trauma | 289 |
Hydrocephalus and the Development of Pediatric Neurosurgery | 345 |
History of Degenerative and Traumatic Diseases of the Spine | 355 |
History of Pituitary Surgery | 373 |
History of Stereotactic Surgery | 401 |
History of Pain Management | 439 |
History of the Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy | 465 |
The Neurosurgeons Interest in the Corpus Callosum | 489 |
Macewen to Cushing | 153 |
1901 to 1920 | 167 |
The Evolution of Modern Neurosurgical | 191 |
History of Neuroanesthesia | 213 |
The Evolution of Treatment | 247 |
History of Neurovascular Surgery | 259 |
Organizational and Philosophical Issues | 517 |
Philosophical Currents in the History of Neurosurgery | 561 |
Appendix and Indexes | 579 |
List of Illustrations | 603 |
F AANS Historical Books 625 | |
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A History of Neurosurgery: In Its Scientific and Professional Contexts S. H. Greenblatt,T. F. Dagi,M. H. Epstein No preview available - 1997 |
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