History of the Treatment of Spinal Injuries
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780306480324
Subjects: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Neurosurgery; History; Neurology - General; Medical / Neurology; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Spinal Cord; Spine; Treatment; Wounds and injuries; surgery
First sentence: In Egypt, paraplegia following injury of the spine was first described in The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus in about 3000 B.C. (Bennett, 1964).