title: [Brain edema--historical aspects and contemporary suggestions].
abstract: The aim of this article was to show the historical aspects of elaboration of the brain edema study. To draft the main stages of study development from naive medievals suggestions till the creation of modern technologies and the possibility of the brain edema neurovisualization. The possibility to watch and control these processes grants the real perspective to enhance the effectiveness of the brain edema therapy.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Meskheli
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gereshidze
mesh_terms: D001929:Brain Edema / Q000145:classification / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*