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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

SPILLER, William Gibson (1863 – 1940)

1863 – 1940

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1901

#4876

The division of the sensory root of the trigeminus for the relief of tic douloureux; an experimental, pathological, and clinical study, with a preliminary report of one surgically successful case.

SPILLER, William Gibson (1863 – 1940) FRAZIER, Charles Harrison (1870 – 1936)

Introduction of intracranial trigeminal neurotomy, using a modification of the techniques of Horsley (No. 4865) and Krause (No. 4871). Also published in Philad. med. J., 1901, 8, 1039-49.

1906

#13574

The eye and nervous system: Their diagnostic relations by various authors. Edited by Wm. Campbell Posey and William G. Spiller.

SPILLER, William Gibson (1863 – 1940) POSEY, William Campbell (1866 – 1934)

The first comprehensive treatise in English on neuro-ophthalmology. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1912

#4883

The treatment of persistent pain of organic origin in the lower part of the body by division of the anterolateral column of the spinal cord.

SPILLER, William Gibson (1863 – 1940) MARTIN, Edward (1859 – 1938)

Cordotomy for the relief of intractable pain.