SPILLER, William Gibson (1863 – 1940)
1863 – 1940
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
1901 CE
#4876
The division of the sensory root of the trigeminus for the relief of tic douloureux; an experimental, pathological, and clinical study, with a preliminary report of one surgically successful case.
Introduction of intracranial trigeminal neurotomy, using a modification of the techniques of Horsley (No. 4865) and Krause (No. 4871). Also published in Philad. med. J., 1901, 8, 1039-49.
1906 CE
#13574
The eye and nervous system: Their diagnostic relations by various authors. Edited by Wm. Campbell Posey and William G. Spiller.
The first comprehensive treatise in English on neuro-ophthalmology. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1912 CE
#4883
The treatment of persistent pain of organic origin in the lower part of the body by division of the anterolateral column of the spinal cord.
Cordotomy for the relief of intractable pain.