title: The history of neurosurgical procedures for the relief of pain.
abstract: Pain has been a major medical problem from the beginning of recorded history. Since the earliest medical writings, there have been innumerable procedures designed to relieve pain and its suffering. In this study, we have reviewed both the early medical writings of various civilizations and the first modern publications, to compile a history of neurosurgical procedures for the relief of pain.
authors.affiliation: Forsyth Neurosurgical Associates, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rawlings
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rossitch
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Nashold
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D004580:Electronarcosis / Q000266:history; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*