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CUSHING, HARVEY. Intracranial Tumours. Notes upon a Series of Two Thousand Verified Cases with Surgical-Mortality Percentages Pertaining Thereto. 111 text illustrations. 8vo, original cloth, spine slightly faded, gilt lettering dulled; contents clean. Springfield, 1932
first edition. "Cushing's operating technique reduced the mortality rate dramatically in intracranial surgery. This was his last published report on the statistical results of brain tumors as a whole"--Garrison-Morton 4900. Cushing Society 16; Fulton, Harvey Cushing, pages 604-05 ("a significant landmark, since it represents an over-all report on Cushing's life work").
