Birthday of peripheral nervous system surgery: The contribution of Gabriele Ferrara (1543-1627)

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 380-383

  Artico, Marco ^a,c   Cervoni, Luigi ^a   Nucci, Francesco ^b   Giuffré, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gabriele Ferrara; Historical vignette; History of neurosurgery; Nerve suture; PNS surgery

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; ITALY; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PORTRAITS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0030202487     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199608000-00030     Document Type: Article

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