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A surgeon for the brain
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In the fall of 1901, Harvey Cushing (1869–1939) returned to Baltimore and joined the faculty of William Halsted's Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical School. Before his European sojourn of 1900–1901, Cushing had trained there in 1896–1900 (Fig. 1). Toward the end of his training, Cushing began to take an interest in neurological problems, and most of his laboratory time in Europe was spent on intracranial research. While he was still in Europe, Cushing apparently thought that he would take charge of the ‘brain cases’ upon his return. However, when Cushing got to Baltimore in September 1901, the senior staff at Hopkins had not yet reassembled after their usual exodus from the wretched summer weather. It was mid-October before the erratic Halsted agreed to Cushing's
Department of Clinical Neurosciences Program in Neurosurgery Brown University Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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