Corneliu Toader, Andrei-Adrian Popa, Razvan-Adrian Covache-Busuioc, Bogdan-Gabriel Bratu, Alexandru Vlad Ciurea
The pituitary gland, a puzzling medical subject up until the 20th century, had its early pathologies first documented in the 19th century by Pierre Marie and Hutchinson, where the gland's meaningful study was hindered by its hard-to-reach location. This paper revisits the pioneering work of Romanian doctors such as Gheorghe Marinescu, Nicolae Paulescu, and Grigore T. Popa in surgical techniques targeting the pituitary gland. Marinescu's 1892 experiment, albeit unsuccessful, laid the groundwork for future research in this area...
October 8, 2023: Brain Sciences