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Cranial Surgery - Part 2

  • 1st Edition, Volume 285 - May 3, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Jeremy C. Ganz
  • Language: English

This is a study of the evolution of the principles and techniques of cranial surgery from Hippocrates to the nineteenth century. The methods of conveying information by text and… Read more

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Description

This is a study of the evolution of the principles and techniques of cranial surgery from Hippocrates to the nineteenth century. The methods of conveying information by text and image are considered.

Key features

  • Cranial Surgery
  • Printing and Images
  • Surgeons Conservatism

Readership

Neurosurgeons, Medical and Surgical Historians, Medical Illustrators, University Libraries, Neurosurgical and Surgical Societies

Table of contents

Foreword
Jeremy Ganz
Acknowledgement
Jeremy Ganz
Dedication
Jeremy Ganz

1. The Reformation
Jeremy Ganz

2. Renaissance – Europe – 16th Century
Jeremy Ganz

3. Renaissance – Europe – 16th Century Continued
Jeremy Ganz

4. Renaissance – Europe – 17th Century
Jeremy Ganz

5. The Enlightenment
Jeremy Ganz

6. Evolution of Understanding
Jeremy Ganz

7. Two Surgical Instruments
Jeremy Ganz

8. Cranial Sutures
Jeremy Ganz

9. The Meninges
Jeremy Ganz

10. The Pericranium
Jeremy Ganz

11. Overview
Jeremy Ganz

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 285
  • Published: May 3, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editor

JG

Jeremy C. Ganz

Jeremy Ganz was trained in neurosurgery at Queen Square London, Frenchay Hospital Bristol and Manchester Royal Infirmary. He emigrated to Norway in 1976 and was appointed staff surgeon in Bergen in 1979. In 1989 he was appointed chief of the Gamma Knife Center in Bergen, the fifth such center in the world. Since then he has travelled the world teaching Gamma Knife practice finishing in Cairo where he helped establish a Gamma Knife Center, where he worked for six years.

Since retirement he has published three books on Gamma Knife neurosurgery and one on epidural bleeding. Subsequently he has been interested in neurosurgical history, in particular the history of cranial surgery from Hippocrates to the present with two books and several papers on these topics.

Affiliations and expertise
Ulverston, UK

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