Dr. William Beecher Scoville (1906–1984) is a giant figure in the history of neurosurgery,
well known by the public for his operation on Patient HM He developed dozens of …

Skull base surgery is a young surgical subspecialty currently led by its second generation of
surgeons. At present, there is no literature that narrates the connection of the present to the …

Neurosurgery, in particular surgery of the brain, was recognized as one of the most
spectacular transgressions of the traditional limits of surgical work. With their audacious …

✓ Before the turn of the century, WW Keen was the most celebrated neurosurgeon in the
United States. During the Civil War he served as a surgeon in the Union Army. He …

The Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois p AUL Clancy Bucy, neurosurgeon, teacher,
scientist, author, and the last surviving founding member of the Harvey Cushing Society …

Neurosurgery is of great interest to historians of medicine and technology because it is
relatively young, because it developed in an era of journals and publications, because lines …

The contributions of William Williams Keen to the development of neurological surgery were
greater than those of any other American surgeon in the last quarter of the 19th century. His …

Abstract WILLIAM WILLIAMS KEEN was the catalyst for the advent of neurosurgery in the
United States. He served in the Civil War and collaborated with Silas Weir Mitchell in …

✓ Sir Victor Horsley's lecture “On the Technique of Operations on the Central Nervous
System,” delivered in Toronto in 1906, set the stage for an appraisal of Sir William Osler as a …

The Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Rochester has a long legacy of
excellent patient care and innovation in the neurosciences. The department's founder, Dr …