====== 1936 ====== see [[1935]] - [[1937]] The German ophthalmologist [[Eugen von Hippel]] first described [[angioma]]s in the [[eye]] in [[1904]]. [[Arvid Lindau]] described [[cerebellar angioma]]s and [[spine]] in [[1927]]. The term von Hippel-Lindau disease was first used in [[1936]], however its use became common only in the 1970s. ===== Publications ===== Rossier J, Van Wagenen WP. THE USE OF [[AVERTIN]] (TRI-BROM-ETHANOL) IN NEUROSURGERY. Ann Surg. 1936 Apr;103(4):535-53. PubMed PMID: 17856744; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1391062 ((Rossier J, Van Wagenen WP. THE USE OF AVERTIN (TRI-BROM-ETHANOL) IN NEUROSURGERY. Ann Surg. 1936 Apr;103(4):535-53. PubMed PMID: 17856744; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1391062. )).