title: Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771): his anatomic majesty's contributions to the neurosciences.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Giovanni Battista Morgagni is considered the Father of Pathology and contributed much to our early understanding of neuropathology. For example, he introduced the concept that diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease must be based on an exact understanding of the pathologic changes in anatomic structures. Additionally, he contributed to what would become the discipline of neurosurgery and, for example, performed trepanation for head trauma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is the contributions of such early pioneers as Morgagni that our current understanding of the neurosciences is based.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, Birmigham, AL, USA. shane.tubbs@chsys.org
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: Dominik T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Steck
authors.forename: Martin M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mortazavi
authors.forename: Mohammadali M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shoja
authors.forename: Marios
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loukas
authors.forename: Aaron A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Cohen-Gadol
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000266:history*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history; D010336:Pathology / Q000266:history*