Intracranial Tumours : Notes upon a Series of two Thousand Verified Cases with Surgical-Mortality Percentages Pertaining Thereto
Springfield, Illinois ; Baltimore, Maryland: Charles C. Thomas 1932. First Edition. ix, [1],150,[1] pages. 6 1/2 x 10 inches. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. Spine lettering faded, minor wear overall. Lacks the rare dust jacket. A sound clean copy. Very Good. Cloth. [28043]
"Cushing's operating technique reduced the mortality rate dramatically in intracranial surgery. This was his last published report on the statistical results of brain tumours as a whole." (G/M)
"Harvey Cushing, born in Cleveland, Ohio, and educated at Harvard and Yale, taught successively at Johns Hopkins University, Harvard, and Yale, becoming the world's leading neurological surgeon. His productivity was enormous - in surgery, in research, and in publication. In addition, he was a distinguished collector of medical books which he bequeathed to Yale..." (Heirs of Hippocrates online #2269)
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