• Journal of neurosurgery · Feb 1994

    Biography Historical Article

    Louise Eisenhardt, M.D.: first editor of the Journal of Neurosurgery (1944-1965).

    • L M Davey.
    • Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
    • J. Neurosurg. 1994 Feb 1; 80 (2): 342-6.

    AbstractThis is a literary portrait of Louise Eisenhardt, M.D., associate of Harvey Cushing, scholar, investigator, editor, teacher, and curator of the Brain Tumor Registry at Yale. She was a Charter Member of the Harvey Cushing Society which she served as President, long-term Secretary-Treasurer, and Historian. She achieved many "firsts" for women in medicine. A figure in the Homeric tradition of observing accurately and reporting honestly, Dr. Eisenhardt set high standards for both colleagues and students as well as for aspiring medical authors. She left a tradition worthy of emulation.

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