Christopher Columbus was the best deal maker in history. He left not knowing where he was going, and upon arriving, not knowing where he was. He returned not knowing where he had been, and did it all on borrowed money.
Brain surgeryIn 1923, the first operation to remove a brain tumour under local anesthetic (cocaine on the patient's scalp) was performed at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City by a team of surgeons led by Dr. Karl Winfield Ney (d. 31 May 1949). The 4"x2"x¾" tumour was benign, but still life-threatening. The patient's condition had been deemed too risky for a general anaesthetic. So Henry A. Brown was fully conscious throughout the operation and able to answer the doctors' questions. Ney was a one-time chief of surgery for the French Red Cross. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1917 to 1921. «* |
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