Gunshot wounds to the head in the 16th century.
DEVELOPMENT OF FIREARMS in the 16 century produced profound changes in the art of warfare and raised new problems for the physician-surgeons. Old assumptions and wrong interpretations delayed the rational approach to the head injuries inflicted by missiles. Evolution of thought and increased experience over the century ultimately led to a surgical practice that can be regarded as the best possible solution allowed by contemporary knowledge and technology.
Viale
Giuseppe L
GL
Division of Neurosurgery, Di.S.C.A.T. Department of Surgery, University of Genoa Medical School, Genoa, Italy. Giuseppe.viale@unige.it
D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D010151:Paintings; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery