DR. P.C. ANTOINE LOUIS
(1723-1792)

Born and educated in France, Louis was one of the earliest neurosurgeons on record. He studied and reported on brain tumors usually meningiomas and used his skill as a well trained neurologist to localize the tumor. He was also interested in contrecoup injuries and was instrumented in advising other neurosurgeons to discontinue blood letting for treatment of these injuries.


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