Victor Horsley - Michael J. Aminoff

Victor Horsley

The World's First Neurosurgeon and His Conscience
Buch | Softcover
220 Seiten
2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-06999-1 (ISBN)
49,85 inkl. MwSt
Sir Victor Horsley was a pioneer of neurosurgery, performing successful operations on the brain and spinal cord long before it was possible to image the nervous system. This fascinating biography explores his influence on the development of neurosurgery and on clinical practice more generally, and his social activism.
Sir Victor Horsley (1857–1916) was a brilliant and pioneering neurosurgeon who also shaped the direction of clinical medicine through his work with the British Medical Association, Medical Defence Union, and General Medical Council. Before the nervous system could be imaged, Horsley operated successfully on the brain and spinal cord, and performed palliative procedures on patients dying from brain tumours. Nevertheless, he became a social pariah due to his support for nationalised health insurance, child welfare and women's rights, amongst other causes. In this fascinating biography, leading neurologist Dr Michael J. Aminoff places Horsley's life and work in the context of the society in which he lived and explores his influence on the development of neurosurgery and social policies still in effect. The many underlying themes to the book include the interplay of science and politics, and the responsibility of physicians to themselves and for the welfare of society.

Michael J. Aminoff, a neurologist and neurophysiologist, is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. Dr Aminoff has a special interest in medical history and has authored two previously published biographies of illustrious nineteenth-century clinician-scientists.

Preface; 1. Early days; 2. The other side of Gower streets; 3. At the Brown; 4. Dividing the indivisible: The localization of cortical functions; 5. The making of a specialty; 6. The grammar of neurosurgery: technical underpinnings; 7. The neurosurgery of specific disorders; 8. Measures of the man; 9. The politics of protection; 10. Not so trivial pursuits: the slide into politics; 11. Antivivisectionist claims and clamor; 12. Bitter tears: Horsley and the suffragist movement; 13. Last orders: the temperance movement; 14. Syphilis and the public health; 15. A surgeon goes to war; 16. Aftermaths and appraisals; Appendix 1: Horsley's procedure for cranial surgery; Appendix 2: Appointments, honors, and awards; Appendix 3: Victor Horsley's professional publications; Appendix 4: Sir Victor Horsley's correspondence with the times of London.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 424 g
Themenwelt Medizinische Fachgebiete Chirurgie Neurochirurgie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Neurologie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10 1-009-06999-3 / 1009069993
ISBN-13 978-1-009-06999-1 / 9781009069991
Zustand Neuware
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