Localisation and William Macewen's early brain surgery Part I: The controversy

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-325

  Macmillan, Malcolm ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asepsis antisepsis; Bone grafts; Cerebral abcess; History of brain surgery; Hughes Bennett; Osteotomy; Otology; William Macewen

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANTISEPSIS; ASEPSIS; BONE GRAFT; BONE REGENERATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; EVALUATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEUROSURGERY; OSTEOTOMY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

ANTISEPSIS; ASEPSIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; PORTRAITS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 10944261045     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647040490881659     Document Type: Review

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