This is a study of the evolution of the principles and techniques of cranial surgery from Hippocrates to the nineteenth century. The methods of conveying information by text and image are considered.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Series Page - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Dedication - p. iii 7. Contributor - p. iii 8. Acknowledgments - p. xiii 9. Foreword - p. xv 10. Chapter One: Basic considerations - p. 1 11. Chapter Two: Trepanation technique - p. 11 12. Chapter Three: Prehistoric or current primitive cranial operations - p. 19 13. Chapter Four: Hippocrates (ca 460 BC to ca 370 BC) - p. 31 14. Chapter Five: Anatomy after Hippocrates - p. 49 15. Chapter Six: Rome—Celsus (ca 25 BC to ca. 50 AD) - p. 53 16. Chapter Seven: Rome—Galen (129 to ca. 216) - p. 65 17. Chapter Eight: Europe following Galen - p. 87 18. Chapter Nine: Outside Europe - p. 95 19. Chapter Ten: Emigration of Greek Knowledge to the Arab World - p. 101 20. Chapter Eleven: Late Middle Ages—Europe - p. 111
This is a study of the evolution of the principles and techniques of cranial surgery from Hippocrates to the nineteenth century. The methods of conveying information by text and image are considered.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Series Page - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Dedication - p. iii 7. Contributor - p. iii 8. Acknowledgments - p. xiii 9. Foreword - p. xv 10. Chapter One: Basic considerations - p. 1 11. Chapter Two: Trepanation technique - p. 11 12. Chapter Three: Prehistoric or current primitive cranial operations - p. 19 13. Chapter Four: Hippocrates (ca 460 BC to ca 370 BC) - p. 31 14. Chapter Five: Anatomy after Hippocrates - p. 49 15. Chapter Six: Rome—Celsus (ca 25 BC to ca. 50 AD) - p. 53 16. Chapter Seven: Rome—Galen (129 to ca. 216) - p. 65 17. Chapter Eight: Europe following Galen - p. 87 18. Chapter Nine: Outside Europe - p. 95 19. Chapter Ten: Emigration of Greek Knowledge to the Arab World - p. 101 20. Chapter Eleven: Late Middle Ages—Europe - p. 111
