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CORNING, James Leonard (1855 – 1923)

CORNING, James Leonard (1855 – 1923)

1855 – 1923

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Unknown author Unknown author · Lanska DJ. J.L. Corning and vagal nerve stimulation for seizures in the 1880s. Neurology. 2002 Feb 12;58(3):452-9. PMID 11839848 · Public domain

1885 CE

#5680

Spinal anaesthesia and local medication of the cord.

Spinal anesthesia introduced. Corning showed experimentally that cocaine exerts a prolonged anesthetic effect while arresting the circulation in the anesthetized area. He first described injection of cocaine between t…

1886 CE

#5680.1

Local anesthesia in general medicine and surgery.

The first textbook on local anesthesia.