Abstract
In 1915, faced with 2 patients with large skull defects, W. Wayne Babcock, an obstetrician-gynecologist-turnedgeneral surgeon, operating in a modest North Philadelphia hospital, did something extraordinary: he went to the hospital kitchen to look for a cranial graft. Based heavily on archival and other primary sources, the authors tell the remarkable tale of the "soup bone" cranioplasties of the Samaritan Hospital and place these operations within the context of the early modern American hospital.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | E21 |
Journal | Neurosurgical focus |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2014 |
Keywords
- Cranioplasty
- History
- Implant
- Soup bone
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Clinical Neurology