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GOTCH, FRANCIS AND VICTOR HORSLEY. On the Mammalian Nervous System, Its Functions, and Their Localization Determined By Electrical Method. Croonian Lecture.
London:, Royal Society London,, 1891.. Paperback. Offprint from Royal Society Phil. Trans. B, Vol. 182, 267-526, Plus 6 Plates Printed Recto Only. Handsome Modern Cloth Binding. Original Wrappers Not Present. Garrison-Morton 1420. 1. The Paper Demonstrated That Electric Currents Produced in the Mammalian Brain Could Be Recorded with a String Galvanometer of the Capillary Electrometer. This Work Led Eventually to the Development of Electroencephlography. Sir Victor Alexander Haden Horsley (1857-1916) Was a Renowned Pioneer Physician Considered By Many to Be the Founder British Neurosurgery. He Was the First to Remove a Spinal Tumor. (1887, Garrison-Morton 4860). He Distinguished Himself By His Physiological Research on the Brain and Was Particularly Interested in Localization of Brain Function in the Cerebral Cortex. He Was One of the Pioneers in the Use of Electrical Stimulation of the Brain to Assess Motor Function in Mammals (Garrison-Morton 1419). He Operated on Many Brain Tumors and Was Always Striving to Improve Surgical Technique. Fine.
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