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Heirs of Hippocrates

The Development of Medicine in a Catalogue of Historic Books

Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2274

HARVEY WILLIAMS CUSHING (1869-1939) Intracranial tumours; notes upon a series of two thousand verified cases with surgical-mortality percentages pertaining thereto. C. C. Thomas 1932 ix [3] 150 pp., illus. 25 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 2269

The material covered in this book formed the basis of a report Cushing made to the International Neurological Congress in Berne, Switzerland on September 1, 1931. As usual, the case histories are clear and detailed with effective illustrations. Cushing's classification of tumors is still in use.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 4900

Gift of John Martin, M.D.

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