The scientific history of hydrocephalus and its treatment

• Verfasst von: Aschoff, Alfred [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kremer, Paul [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Hashemi-Kalibar, Seyed-Bahram [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kunze, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The scientific history of hydrocephalus and its treatment
• Verf.angabe: Alfred Aschoff, Paul Kremer, Bahram Hashemi, Stefan Kunze
• E-Jahr: 1999
• Jahr: October 1999
• Umfang: 27 S.
• Teil: volume:22
• Teil: year:1999
• Teil: number:2
• Teil: pages:67-93
• Teil: extent:27
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 05.05.2021
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Neurosurgical review
• Ort Quelle: Berlin : Springer, 1978
• Jahr Quelle: 1999
• Band/Heft Quelle: 22(1999), 2, Seite 67-93
• ISSN Quelle: 1437-2320
• DOI: doi:10.1007/s101430050035
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1757138544

Abstract

Hydrocephalus cases were regularly described by Hippocrates, Galen, and early and medieval Arabian physicians, who believed that this disease was caused by an extracerebral accumulation of water. Operative procedures used in ancient times are neither proven by skull findings today nor clearly reported in the literature. Evacuation of superficial intracranial fluid in hydrocephalic children was first described in detail in the tenth century by Abulkassim Al Zahrawi. In 1744, LeCat published findings on a ventricular puncture.