Renaissance Neurosurgery: Italy's Iconic Contributions (original) (raw)

“…In its strikingly modern format, the book comprises a detailed description of the symptomatology of various patients who died as a result of head trauma and also includes accurately described subdural and epidural hematomas, contrecoups lesions, and what is known today as subdural empyema (Di Ieva et al, 2011). Berengario clearly distinguishes symptoms that occur when the meninges are involved and those in which they remain intact (Di Ieva et al, 2011; Dowling and Goodrich, 2016; Nanda et al, 2016). Furthermore, the symptomatology of patients with brain concussion is very detailed: redness of the eyes, bilious vomiting, loss of speech, impaired vision, vertigo, fever, vomiting, and falling down.…”