Sorry! This site requires JavaScript. Virtually nothing will work without it. Please enable it in your browser.


Harvey Cushing: A Life in Surgery

Harvey Cushing Harvey Cushing was the leading figure in the creation of modern neurosurgery. This biography traces his medical school education; his hospital-based surgical career; and his career as a battlefield surgeon during World War I. He has an enduring place in the field of medicine and his name has become part of medical lexicography. Full description

Important places

Johns Hopkins Hospital (21)
Yale University (23)
Passchendaele (25)
Ypres (72)

Counties

Baltimore (440)
New Haven (110)

Regions

Connecticut (867)
Maryland (1,306)
Massachusetts (3,085)
West Flanders (146)

Countries

Belgium (736)
United States (64,950)

Other geographical areas

Piedmont (USA) (1,063)
Appalachian Mountains (1,111)
Benelux (1,495)
New England (5,830)