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Exsection of the trunk of the second branch of the fifth pair of nerves, beyond the ganglion of Meckel, for severe neuralgia of the face; with three cases.

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Amer. J. med. Sci., n.s. 35, 134-43. 1858 CE.

First excision of the superior maxillary nerve for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.

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