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1Division of Neurosurgery, Di.S.C.A.T. Department of Surgery, University of Genoa Medical School, Genoa, Italy. Giuseppe.viale@unige.it
Neurosurgery
|December 7, 2005
Abstract:
DEVELOPMENT OF FIREARMS in the 16 century produced profound changes in the art of warfare and raised new problems for the physician-surgeons. Old assumptions and wrong interpretations delayed the rational approach to the head injuries inflicted by missiles. Evolution of thought and increased experience over the century ultimately led to a surgical practice that can be regarded as the best possible solution allowed by contemporary knowledge and technology.
