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TROTTER, Wilfred Batten Lewis (1872 – 1939)

TROTTER, Wilfred Batten Lewis (1872 – 1939)

1872 – 1939

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1911 CE

#3319.1

On certain clinically obscure malignant tumours of the naso-pharyngeal wall.

“Trotter’s syndrome”; deafness, palatal paralysis, and facial neuralgia, usually due to a nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

1916 CE

#13329

Instincts of the herd in peace and war.

Trotter, a surgeon, also contributed to social psychology. In this work he popularized in English the concept, first developed by French sociologist, Gustave Le Bon, of an instinct over-riding the will of the individu…

1928 CE

#3004.1

Traumatic aneurysm of the intracranial portion of the internal carotid artery. With a note by Wilfred Trotter.

In 1924 Wilfred Trotter(1872-1939) performed the first planned operation for intracranial aneurysm diagnosed pre-operatively.