Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (born 1869)

Harvey Cushing

American neurosurgeon (1869–1939)

Harvey Williams Cushing was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote a biography of physician William Osler in three volumes.