Keystone Press Agency photograph titled 'A cure for epilepsy -- Slovak surgeons see hope in new treatment'. Caption on back reads: Dr Josef Zucha of Bratislava has discovered what may prove to be a successful treatment for epilepsy. The afflicted part of the brain is "burned out" with electric current and its removal is not necessary. Photo shows an operation for epilepsy in progress - the stereo apparatus enables the surgeon to find the afflicted area with an accuracy of within one millimetre. Then the afflicted part is "burned out" with electricity.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/31069
- Materials:
- ink and paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 205 mm x 254 mm
- type:
- photograph
- credit:
- Daily Herald Archive, National Science and Media Museum
