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OXFORD MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS
THE SURGERY OF
THE SKULL AND BRAIN
PUBLISHED BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF
HENRY FROWDE AND HODDER & STOUGHTON
AT THE OXFORD PRESS WAREHOUSE
FALCON SQUARE, LONDON, E.C.
OXFORD MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS
THE SURGERY OF
THE SKULL AND BRAIN
BY
L. BATHE RAWLING, F.R.C.S.
SURGEON, WITH CHARGE OF OUT-PATIENTS, SENIOR DEMONSTRATOR OF PRACTICAL
SURGERY
DEMONSTRATOR OF OPERATIVE SURGERY, ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL
LATE HUNTERIAN PROFESSOR, ETC.
LONDON
HENRY FROWDE HODDER & STOUGHTON
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WARWICK SQUARE, E.C.
1912
OXFORD: HORACE HART
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
PREFACE
This work on the Surgery of the Skull and Brain is based on experience
derived, and on research carried out, during the past ten years.
Cranio-Cerebral Surgery, though still in its infancy, has progressed
with leaps and bounds during the past few years. This book represents
the most modern aspects of the case and is brought up to date by means
of a recent visit to some of the leading surgical clinics of the United
States of America.
I have realized to the full the difficulties of the task which I have
undertaken, but have every confidence that they have been overcome and
that a reasonable measure of success has been obtained. With this
anticipation, this work on the Surgery of the Skull and Brain is offered
to the Profession.
L. BATHE RAWLING.
_April 1912._
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PAGE
CRANIO-CEREBRAL TOPOGRAPHY 1