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Zusatztext "It is beautifully written and illustrated, a pleasure to read, and paints Cushing 'warts and all.' A must for anyone with an interest in the development of our profession and with the life of this extraordinary man."--British Journal of Hospital Medicine Informationen zum Autor Michael Bliss holds the prestigious rank of University Professor at the University of Toronto. He has written numerous prize-winning books in medical history, including The Discovery of Insulin and William Osler: A Life in Medicine. One of Canada's most distinguished historians, he has received the Order of Canada and an honorary Fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and is a Fellow of the RoyalSociety of Canada. Klappentext Harvey Cushing was the leading figure in the creation of modern neurosurgery. This biography traces his medical school education; his hospital-based surgical career; and his career as a battlefield surgeon during World War I. He has an enduring place in the field of medicine and his name has become part of medical lexicography. Zusammenfassung Harvey Cushing was the leading figure in the creation of modern neurosurgery. This biography traces his medical school education; his hospital-based surgical career; and his career as a battlefield surgeon during World War I. He has an enduring place in the field of medicine and his name has become part of medical lexicography. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Opening: The Surgeon and the General 1: Western Reserve: The Cushings of Cleveland 2: Making a Yale Man 3: Making a Harvard Doctor 4: Making an American Surgeon 5: A Window on the Brain 6: Opening the Closed Box: The Birth of Neurosurgery 7: The Bottom of the Box: Interrogating the Pituitary 8: Adieu the Simple Life 9: Adieu America: Cushing Goes to War 10: A Head Surgeon at Passchendaele 11: Fathers and Sons 12: Johnson and Boswells: Chief and Harem 13: Sprinting to the Tape 14: Regius Professor at Yale Closing: Inheritance and Memory ...