title: Gunshot wounds to the head in the 16th century.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Di.S.C.A.T. Department of Surgery, University of Genoa Medical School, Genoa, Italy. Giuseppe.viale@unige.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Viale
mesh_terms: 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