Harvey Cushing e General Wood: Episódio Marcante de uma História Revisitada

This brief note narrates the episode of the first surgery of parasagittal meningioma successfully performed by the great master Cushing. His patient, after the first surgery, carried out his activities leading a normal life. Unfortunately, the tumor recurred years after and a second surgery was tried without success. In these passages become evident the pioneering spirit and the courage of Cushing, based on his great scientific curiosity and encyclopedic knowledge, taking the first steps in the early days of neurosurgery as a specialty.