1857 VIRCHOW, Rudolf Ludwig Karl (1821 – 1902)
Untersuchungen uber die Entwickelung des Schädelgrundes im gesunden und krankhaften Zustande und über Einfluss derselben auf Schädelform, Gesichtsbildung und Gehirnbau.
In his Investigations on the development of the base of the skull in healthy and diseased conditions, and on the influence of the same upon skull form, facial structure and brain formation Virchow laid the foundation …
GMN 13248 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15513
1879 MACEWEN, Sir William (1848 – 1924)
Tumour of the dura mater–convulsions–removal of tumour by trephining–recovery.
GMN 4856 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5622
1885 BENNETT, Alexander Hughes (1848 – 1901); GODLEE, Sir Rickman John (1849 – 1925)
Case of cerebral tumour.
First instance of diagnosis, accurate clinical localization, and operative removal of a tumor of the brain, 25 November, 1884. The patient survived for one month. Preliminary report in Lancet, 1884, 2, 1090-91.
GMN 4858 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5632
1888 GOWERS, Sir William Richard (1845 – 1915); HORSLEY, Sir Victor Alexander Haden (1857 – 1916)
A case of tumour of the spinal cord. Removal; recovery.
Horsley was the founder of neurosurgery in England. The above paper records the first successful operation for the removal of an extramedullary tumor of the spinal cord.
GMN 4860 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5638
1905 CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
The establishment of cerebral hernia as a decompressive measure for inaccessible brain tumors.
GMN 4879 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5745
1907 BALLANCE, Sir Charles Alfred (1865 – 1936)
Some points on the surgery of the brain and its membranes.
Ballance recognized and described chronic subdural hematoma with great accuracy, described a successful operation for it and also for subdural hygroma, discussed brain abscess fully and devoted 243pp. to brain tumors.
GMN 4879.01 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5749
1913 OPPENHEIM, Hermann (1858 – 1919); KRAUSE, Fedor (1856 – 1937)
Operative Erfolge bei Geschwülsten der Sehhügel-und Vierhügel gegend.
Successful removal of pineal tumor.
GMN 4884.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5829
1917 CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
Tumors of the nervus acusticus and the syndrome of the cerebello-pontile angle.
Reprinted 1963.
GMN 4601 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/552
1926 CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939); BAILEY, Percival (1892 – 1973)
A classification of the tumors of the glioma group on a histogenetic basis with a correlated study of prognosis.
From 1922 to 1925 Bailey undertook extensive pathological and histological studies of brain tumors, and based on cellular configuration, he created a classification system of thirteen categories. In 1927 he reduced th…
GMN 4608 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/568
1926 PUUSEPP, Ludvig Martinovich (Pussep or Pousep; Людвиг Мартынович Пуссеп) (1875 – 1942)
Die Operationstechnik der Hirntumoren (nach eigenen Erfahrungen).
Puusepp, an Estonian, was the first professor of neurosurgery; he was particularly notable for his method of removing cerebral tumors. The above journal was founded and edited by him, and vol. 16 (1935) is a Festschri…
GMN 4897 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5905
1926 CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
Studies in intracranial physiology & surgery. The third circulation. The hypophysis. The gliomas. The Cameron Prize Lectures delivered at the University of Edinburgh October 19, 20, 22, 1925.
This series of three lectures was an analytical review by Cushing of the three main categories of scientific work that he had accomplished during the previous 25 years. Remarkably, Cushing completed this review and de…
GMN 14313 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16638
1928 CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939); BOVIE, William T.
Electro-surgery as an aid to the removal of intracranial tumors. With a preliminary note on a new surgical-current generator by W.T. Bovie.
Introduction of electrocoagulation in neurosurgery.
GMN 4897.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5906
1928 CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939); BAILEY, Percival (1892 – 1973)
Tumors arising from the blood-vessels of the brain. Angiomatous malformations and hemangioblastomas.
GMN 13778 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16065
1932 CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
Intracranial tumours.
Cushing’s operating technique reduced the mortality rate dramatically in intracranial surgery. This was his last published report on the statistical results of his operations on brain tumors-- essentially a summation …
GMN 4900 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5935
1933 DANDY, Walter Edward (1886 – 1946)
Benign tumors in the third ventricle of the brain: Diagnosis and treatment.
GMN 11349 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13547
1934 DANDY, Walter Edward (1886 – 1946)
Benign, encapsulated tumors in the lateral ventricles of the brain: Diagnosis and treatment.
GMN 11350 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13548
1936 WALTER, William Grey (1911 – 1977)
The location of cerebral tumours by electro-encephalography.
GMN 4907 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5967
1938 CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939); EISENHARDT, Louise Charlotte (1891 – 1967)
Meningiomas: Their classification, regional behavior, life history, and surgical end results.
Begun in 1915, soon after Cushing's monograph on pituitary disorders, this represents 25 years of work, and is, by common consent, regarded as Cushing’s greatest clinical monograph. Reprint, 2 vols., New York, Hafner,…
GMN 4612 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/590
1948 MOORE, George Eugene (1920 – 2008)
The clinical use of fluorescein in neurosurgery; localization of brain tumors.
Tumor localization by radio-isotopes. With W. T. Peyton, L. A. French, and W. W. Walker. Preliminary reports in Science, 1947, 106, 130-31; 1948, 107, 569-71.
GMN 4615.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/604
1969 HARDY, Jules (1932 – )
Transphenoidal microsurgery of the normal and pathological pituitary. In: Clinical neurosurgery: Proceedings of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons…1968, 185-217.
Confirmation of Cushing’s idea that a micro-tumor causes Cushing’s syndrome. See No. 3904.
GMN 4914.5 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6030
2008 DEL MAESTRO, Rolando Fausto (1949 – )
A history of neuro-oncology.
GMN 14011 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16317
2012 DEL MAESTRO, Rolando Fausto (1949 – ); DELORME, Sébastien; LAROCHE, Denis; DIRADDO, Robert
A physics-based virtual simulator for cranial microneurosurgery training.
"Abstract "BACKGROUND: "A virtual reality neurosurgery simulator with haptic feedback may help in the training and assessment of technical skills requiring the use of tactile and visual cues. "OBJECTIVE: "To develop a…
GMN 14013 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16320
2019 DEL MAESTRO, Rolando Fausto (1949 – ); WINKLER-SCHWARTZ, Alexander; YILMAZ, Recai; ET AL
Machine learning identification of surgical and operative factors associated with surgical expertise in virtual reality simulation.
"Abstract "Importance Despite advances in the assessment of technical skills in surgery, a clear understanding of the composites of technical expertise is lacking. Surgical simulation allows for the quantitation of ps…
GMN 14014 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16321
2023 VERMEULEN, Carlo; DE RITTER, Jeroen; PAGÈS-GALLEGO, Marc; ET AL
Ultra-fast deep-learned CNS tumour classification during surgery.
Published "open access" 11 October 2023. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06615-2 "Abstract: "Central nervous system tumours represent one of the most lethal cancer types, particularly among children1. Prima…
GMN 14200 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16516
