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Harvey Williams Cushing
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American neurosurgeon (1869-1939)
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- Born
- 1869
- Died
- 1939
- Works
- 81
Top works
- Homo chirurgicus
- A study of a series of wounds involving the brain and its enveloping structures
- 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
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Key facts
- Born
- Harvey Williams Cushing , ( 1869-04-08 ) April 8, 1869, Cleveland, Ohio , U.S.
- Died
- October 7, 1939 (1939-10-07) (aged 70), New Haven, Connecticut , U.S.
- Education
- Yale University ( BA ), Harvard University ( MD )
- Years active
- 1895–1935
- Known for
- Pioneering brain surgery Cushing's syndrome
- Children
- 5, including Mary , Betsey , and Barbara
- Profession
- Surgeon neurosurgeon , medical writer
- Institutions
- Private practice (Baltimore), Johns Hopkins Hospital (Associate Professor of Surgery, c. 1891) , Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and (surgeon-in-chief), Harvard Medical, Yale School of Medicine (Sterling Professor of Medicine in Neurology, 1933–1937)
- Awards
- Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences , Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1924), Pulitzer Prize (1926), Lister Medal (1930)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Place of death
- New Haven
- Child
- Barbara Cushing
- Occupation
- pathologist
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Employer
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral student
- John Farquhar Fulton
- Field of work
- surgery
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- HarveyCushing.JPG
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- Commons category
- Harvey W. Cushing
- date of birth
- 1869-04-08
- date of death
- 1939-10-08
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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- Harvey W. Cushing
- name in native language
- Harvey Williams Cushing
- student
- Thierry de Martel
- place of burial
- Lake View Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1895-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life and education
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