Benjamin Winslow dudley and early american trephination for posttraumatic epilepsy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 263-268

  Jensen, Randy L ^a,b   Stone, James L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

Benjamin winslow dudley; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; History; Trephination

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; SKULL SURGERY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; UNITED STATES;

EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PORTRAITS; TREPHINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031180424     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199707000-00045     Document Type: Article

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