Ackerknecht E H
Schweiz Arch Neurol Neurochir Psychiatr. 1975;116(2):233-9.
Trephining was practiced by neolithic man. But neurosurgery as a speciality arose only during the second half of the 19th century. Its first pioneers were Sir William Mac Ewen, Sir Victor Horsley, Fedor Drause, and Antoine Chipault. The leaders of the second generation were Harvey Cushing, Walter Dandy, Charles Elsberg and Charles Frazier. Mention deserve also Otfried Foerster, Thierry de Martel, Clovis Vincent, René Leriche and Ludwig Puusepp.
环钻术在新石器时代的人类中就已存在。但神经外科作为一门专科直到19世纪下半叶才兴起。其首批先驱者是威廉·麦克尤恩爵士、维克多·霍斯利爵士、费多尔·德劳斯和安托万·希波。第二代的领军人物是哈维·库欣、沃尔特·丹迪、查尔斯·埃尔斯伯格和查尔斯·弗雷泽。奥弗里德·福斯特、蒂埃里·德·马泰尔、克洛维斯·文森特、勒内·勒里什和路德维希·普塞普也值得一提。