Harvey Williams Cushing
Also known as Harvey Cushing, Dr. Harvey Cushing, Harvey W. Cushing
American neurosurgeon (1869-1939)
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- Born
- 1869
- Died
- 1939
- Works
- 81
Top works
- The work of the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris
- Ercole Lelli and his écorché
- The meningiomas arising from the olfactory groove and their removal by the aid of electro-surgery
- (Collected reprints)
- Announcing a popularly-priced edition of the life of Sir William Osler
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Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. Known as the "father of modern neurosurgery," he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote a biography of physician William Osler in three volumes.
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