Author	Silver, John Russell. author
Title	History of the Treatment of Spinal Injuries [electronic resource] / by John Russell Silver
Imprint	Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2003
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8991-8
Descript	XVII, 297 p. online resource

Injury of the spinal cord has been known since antiquity. There is no cure for the injury and until modern times patients died rapidly from a combination of pressure sores and urinary tract infection. Treatment consists of preventing complications until the spine has stabilised and the patient can be rehabilitated to an independent life. History of the Treatment of Spinal Injuries explores how this treatment developed in the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, in Europe, Great Britain and latterly in the United States. It describes how these principles of treatment were recognised and explores the relationship and rivalry of the powerful personalities of the doctors who developed this treatment against the social background at different times

1 Historical Survey -- 2 The United Kingdom -- 3 Sir Ludwig Guttmann (1899-1980) and the National Spinal Injuries Centre -- 4 United States -- 5 Canada -- 6 The German-Speaking World -- 7 France -- 8 Discussion -- 9 Conclusion -- About the author

1. Medicine
2. Neurology
3. Neurosurgery
4. Medicine -- History
5. Medicine & Public Health
6. Neurology
7. History of Medicine
8. Neurosurgery