1879

First successful removal of a brain tumor by Macewen at Glasgow Royal Infirmary; then Rickman Godlee in London (1884); Horsley’s first brain operation (1886); J. W. Eliot removal of brain tumor in Boston (1895); Cushing’s first case (1902) (Stevenson, 151). Tait successfully removes gall stones via abdominal section, the first such operation in England (Shepherd, 64-65).