Brains : the mind as matter / Marius Kwint and Richard Wingate.

  • Kwint, Marius.
Date:
2012
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Credit: Brains : the mind as matter / Marius Kwint and Richard Wingate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Professor Dennis Spencer and team performing brain surgery Terry Dagradi, 2010 Dennis Spencer is Professor of Neurosurgery at Yale University, and custodian of the Cushing legacy. These photographs of him leading a surgical team were taken by the curator at the Cushing Center, Terry Dagradi. What most distinguishes modern neurosurgery from that of Cushing's day is the availability not only of antibiotics to control infection, but also of instantaneous scanning imagery to help guide the surgeon and minimise the intervention required. CUSHING CENTER, YALE UNIVERSITY ET t ‘Zv.