It Happened

On My
Birthday
13th Of August
1886 — Victor Horsley described early
successful surgery for epilepsy to the
Section on Surgery of the British
Medical Association. After experimental
work on monkeys, Horsley had
successfully inferred the site of injuries
or tumors in three human cases
Name : Sir Victor Alexander
Haden Horsley
Born in London : 14 April 1857
Career Life :
•Horsley was Professor-
Superintendent.
• He was appointed as Assistant
Professor of Surgery
•A Professor of Pathology and
Professor of Clinical Surgery.
Some of His Believes :
He was a supporter for Women's
Suffrage, and was an opponent of
tobacco and alcohol.
 His achievements :
•He was the first physician to remove a spinal tumor.
•He developed many practical neurosurgical techniques,
including the hemostatic bone wax, the skin flap and other
techniques.
•As a neuroscientist he carried out studies of the functions of
the brain in animals and humans These studies were later
translated to his pioneering work in the neurosurgery for
epilepsy.
•He was also a pioneer in the study of the functions of the
thyroid gland. He studied myxedema and cretinism (and
established for the first time that they could be treated with
extracts of the gland, in experiments with monkeys.
Source : http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Horsley