====== 1939 ======

see [[1938]] - [[1940]]
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Grant and Norcross in [[1939]] first described the [[syndrome of the trephined]] or paradoxical herniation of brain
((Grant FC, Norcross NC. REPAIR OF CRANIAL DEFECTS BY CRANIOPLASTY. Ann Surg. 1939 Oct;110(4):488-512. doi: 10.1097/00000658-193910000-00002. PMID: 17857467; PMCID: PMC1391431.))
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There are different classification systems for [[basilar invagination]], but the most commonly used one is the classification proposed by Chamberlain in [[1939]]
((Chamberlain WE. Basilar Impression (Platybasia): A Bizarre Developmental Anomaly of the Occipital Bone and Upper Cervical Spine with Striking and Misleading Neurologic Manifestations. Yale J Biol Med. 1939 May;11(5):487-96. PMID: 21433841; PMCID: PMC2602259.)).
According to this classification, there are four types of basilar invagination:
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[[William Beecher Scoville]] (January 13, 1906 – February 25, 1984) was a [[neurosurgeon]] at [[Hartford Hospital]]. Scoville established the Department of Neurosurgery at Connecticut's Hartford Hospital in [[1939]].

===== Publications =====

Light RU. Technical Suggestions in Neurosurgery. Yale J Biol Med. 1939
May;11(5):467-468.1. PubMed PMID: 21433836; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2602271
((Light RU. Technical Suggestions in Neurosurgery. Yale J Biol Med. 1939
May;11(5):467-468.1. PubMed PMID: 21433836; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2602271.)).

Jefferson G. Neurosurgery. Br Med J. 1939 Jan 28;1(4073):147-50. PubMed PMID: 
20782070; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2208758
((Jefferson G. Neurosurgery. Br Med J. 1939 Jan 28;1(4073):147-50. PubMed PMID: 
20782070; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2208758.)).