title: Early history of neurosurgery in Manitoba: threads in the tapestry of world neurosurgery.
abstract: The author describes the history of neurosurgery in Manitoba, with particular emphasis on events that occurred after his arrival there in 1950. Highlights of global neurosurgery are spliced into the author's reminiscences to anchor the local history with that of neurosurgery as a whole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Manitoba Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parkinson
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000266:history*; D008350:Manitoba; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history