Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 - October 7, 1939)

Harvey Williams Cushing
(April 8, 1869 - October 7, 1939)

Harvey Williams Cushing, M.D. (April 8, 1869 - October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery, and the first to describe Cushing's syndrome. He is often called the "father of modern neurosurgery".

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History of Neurosurgery

Brain surgery is perhaps the oldest of the practiced medical arts. Africa showed evidence of brain surgery as early as 3,000 B.C. Pre-Incan civilization used brain surgery as early as 2,000 B.C.