Background knowledge in the early days.
The purpose of this chapter is to outline the medical facilities that were available to the inventors of radiosurgery at the time when the technique was being developed. This is achieved by describing in brief the timeline of discoveries relevant to clinical neurology and the investigation of neurological diseases. This provides a background understanding for the limitations inherent in the early days when investigations and imaging in particular were fairly primitive. It also helps to explain the choices that were made by the pioneers in those early days. The limitations of operative procedures and institutions designed to treat neurological diseases are also mentioned.
Jeremy C
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D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000266:history*
clinical neurology; contrast studies; neurological hospitals; operating theaters; radiology