Harvey Cushing

Harvey Williams Cushing was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, 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.

8 April 1869

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) • Anna Korakaki • Darren Jessee • Joachim Büchner • John Arbuthnott (microbiologist) • K. C. Kamalasabayson • Manuel Ortega (singer) • Marie Byles • Mariko Seyama • Mary Stuart (1605–1607) • Mehran Ghassemi • Miller Farr • Nnedi Okorafor • Phil Schaap • Shecky Greene • Steve Howe • Taran Noah Smith • Tim Thomerson • Tine Asmundsen

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