![]() We’re still dealing with a lot of these issues today. After the king died they did an autopsy and opened his skull, something that had rarely been done. I liked it as the title story because first of all you don’t think about neurosurgery going on in the 1500s but you see the origins of neurosurgery. Today, we would understand it as a pretty massive concussion. They banded together to help the king of France, Henri II, when he got injured in a jousting match. ![]() It’s about two neurosurgeons who were rivals and were active in Europe in the mid-1500s. The title comes from one of the first stories in the book. Tell me about the title of your book, The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons. ![]() ![]() The interview has been edited for length. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who lost her power of speech and had to relearn how to talk. Remember when hockey players didn’t even have to wear helmets? Sam Kean, who specializes in science writing, takes a look at the history of our understanding of the human brain from the 16th century, when two barber/surgeons tried to perform a brain operation on France’s Henri II, to contemporary events like the shooting of U.S. It has taken us years to understand that a brain injury to a hockey or football player could have severe, long-term consequences and that we shouldn’t send them back into the game right away. ![]() The human brain has remained a medical puzzle for centuries. ![]()
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