John Browne, “A Compleat Discourse of Wounds” (London, 1678).
Columbia University Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library
History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series
Neurosurgery Before Neurosurgery by Dr. Eugene S. Flamm
When: Thursday, Dec. 6; Light refreshments 5:30; Lecture, 6pm.
Where: Russ Berrie Pavilion, 1150 St. Nicholas Ave. at West 168th St., Room 2
The Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at the Columbia University Medical Center is pleased to announce the second of its History of the Health Sciences Lectures. Dr. Eugene S. Flamm will speak on Neurosurgery Before Neurosurgery at 6pm on Thursday, Dec. 6 at the Russ Berrie Pavilion on the CUMC campus.
Though neurosurgery as a distinct discipline only dates back about a century, neurosurgical operations are among the oldest known medical procedures, with Neolithic skulls showing signs of trephining, the opening up of the skull case to relieve the swelling of the brain. Dr. Flamm will speak about these ad-hoc surgical procedures and the development of surgery, neuroanatomy and the other neurosciences from the ancient Greek and Romans through the Renaissance and the early modern period. Profusely illustrated with images from the classic texts of surgery, Dr. Flamm will demonstrate that there was neurosurgery before Neurosurgery.
Dr. Eugene S. Flamm is the Jeffrey P. Bergstein Professor and Chairman of the Dept. of Neurosurgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is an active researcher and clinician with in interest in cerebrovascular neurosurgery and spinal cord injury.
Dr. Flamm is also an ardent book collector, the President of the Grolier Club – the country’s pre-eminent society for bibliophiles – and author of, among other works, From Skulls to Brains: 2500 Years of Neurosurgical Progress.
We hope you can join us.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsored by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library
For more information contact: hslarchives@columbia.edu
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