A History of Neurosurgery: In Its Scientific and Professional Contexts

A History of Neurosurgery: In Its Scientific and Professional Contexts
ISBN-10
1879284170
ISBN-13
9781879284173
Category
Medical
Pages
648
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Thieme
Author
Samuel H. Greenblatt

Description

A 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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