Neurosurgery and the first fleet.
Several neurosurgical events occurred during the voyage of the First Fleet from England to Australia in 1787-1788. The early records also describe a number of head injuries during the first years of European settlement in Australia.
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Noel G
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Department of Neurosurgery, Concord Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. noelgd@bigpond.com
D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D004739:England; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods