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01.03.2016 | Cover Editorial
A historical glimpse into treating childhood hydrocephalus
verfasst von:
Amin Demerdash, Rajani Singh, Marios Loukas, R. Shane Tubbs
Erschienen in:
Child's Nervous System
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Ausgabe 3/2016
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Hydrocephalus was known to the ancients with Hippocrates describing it as early as the fifth century BC; some even claim that he made the first attempt to drain this excess fluid. Hundreds of years later, Galen (130–200 AD) made some of the early contributions to the then-mysterious condition [
1]. In the tenth century, Abul-Qasim Al-Zahrawi, who is also known as Abulcasis, wrote a 30-volume treatise considered by many as a medical encyclopedia; he was the first to give details about the instruments used in decompression-trepanation as a treatment for hydrocephalus [
2]. …