title: Historical Vignette of Infamous Gunshot Injury to Spine: "An Ailment not to be Treated"?
abstract: The increasing prevalence and gloomy socioeconomic consequence of spine injury remain a concern in modern medicine. In this article, we highlight the infamous gunshot spinal injuries of a few eminent personalities across multiple centuries and their sociopolitical impact in context with the evolution of modern medicine. The role of available medicine in these victims was not more than a mere watcher, thus substantiating an infamous quote from ancient literature that describes spine injury as "an ailment not to be treated."
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Tanmoy Kumar
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Maiti
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Subhas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konar
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Shyamal Chandra
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bir
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Papireddy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bollam
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. Electronic address: ananda@lsuhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D005389:Firearms / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D011612:Psychosurgery / Q000266:history; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Gunshot; Sociopolitical impact; Spine