Neurosurgical procedure wherein a cerebral hemisphere (half of the brain) is removed.

Hemispherectomy in an adult patient: four figures. Carbon dust drawing by A.J. Arnott, 1960.

Jacksonian epilepsy, trephining, removal of small tumor and excision of cortex / by Charles K. Mills and W.W. Keen.

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Hemispherectomy

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Jacksonian epilepsy, trephining, removal of small tumor and excision of cortex / by Charles K. Mills and W.W. Keen.

Hemispherectomy in an adult patient: four figures. Carbon dust drawing by A.J. Arnott, 1960.