The Surgery of the Skull and Brain

"The Surgery of the Skull and Brain" by Louis Bathe Rawling is a guide for surgeons that highlights the progress made in skull and brain surgery during the early 1900s. The book's main goal is to give surgeons up-to-date knowledge of the human anatomy, different surgical methods, along with problems facing the surgeon in operations involving the head and brain. The book starts by emphasizing that surgeons must have a solid knowledge of anatomy when doing operations on the skull and brain. The author explains how surgeons need simple and understandable ways to visualize the brain and skull. Early chapters cover the layout of the skull and brain and teach basic surgical skills, stressing the key anatomical features needed for different surgeries.