Weir B
Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Neurosurgery. 1988 Jun;22(6 Pt 1):986-93. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198806010-00002.
Early in 1887 the first well-documented total removal of an unequivocal brain tumor in America was carried out in New York City by Robert F. Weir. The patient died during the immediate postoperative period. Later in the same year in Philadelphia, W.W. Keen also removed a large meningioma; his patient lived many years. In 1886, a Dr. Morse in California had probably performed a partial removal of a glioma from a patient who died shortly after the operation. To celebrate the centennial of Keen's triumph, it is worthwhile as well to contemplate the efforts of his contemporaries.
1887年初，美国首次有详细记录的明确脑肿瘤全切除手术在纽约市由罗伯特·F·韦尔实施。患者在术后不久死亡。同年晚些时候，在费城，W.W.基恩也切除了一个大型脑膜瘤；他的患者存活了很多年。1886年，加利福尼亚的一位莫尔斯医生可能对一名患者的胶质瘤进行了部分切除，该患者术后不久死亡。为庆祝基恩取得成功的一百周年，思考他同时代人的努力也是值得的。
