Healers

Harvey Cushing

Neurosurgeon

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Medicine Atlas. "Harvey Cushing." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/harvey-cushing.

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Medicine Atlas. (n.d.). Harvey Cushing. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/harvey-cushing

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@misc{medicineatlas-harvey-cushing,
  author = {Medicine Atlas},
  title = {Harvey Cushing},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/harvey-cushing},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Harvey Williams Cushing was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. Known as the father of modern neurosurgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote a biography of physician William Osler in three volumes.

Facts

Birth Yearthe subject's own account

1869 1

Birth Datethe subject's own account

1869-04-08 1

Death Yearthe subject's own account

1939 1

Death Datethe subject's own account

1939-10-07 1

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Harvey Williams Cushing was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. Known as the "father of modern neurosurgery," he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote a biography of physician William Osler in three volumes.

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