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.