====== 1941 ======

see [[1940]] - [[1942]]
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[[Akinetic mutism]] was first described in [[1941]] as a mental state where patients lack the ability to move or speak.
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Oral [[anticoagulation]] was first established in [[1941]] by Karl Paul Link, who discovered [[dicumarol]]
((Campbell HA, Roberts WL, Smith WK, Link KP. Studies of the hemorrhagic sweet clover disease. I. The preparation of hemorrhagic concentrates. J Biol Chem. 1940;136:47–55.)).
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Endosaccular obliteration of [[intracranial aneurysm]] by insertion of silver wire was first reported in [[1941]] 
((Werner SC, Blakemore AH, King BG. Aneurysm of the internal carotid artery within the skull: wiring and electrothermic coagulation. JAMA. 1941;116:578–82.)).

===== Publications =====
[[Military Neurosurgery]]. Can Med Assoc J. 1941 Dec;45(6):564. PubMed PMID:
20322312; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1827131
((Military Neurosurgery. Can Med Assoc J. 1941 Dec;45(6):564. PubMed PMID:
20322312; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1827131.)).

Rosner S. War Neurosurgery in [[Britain]]. J Natl Med Assoc. 1941 Nov;33(6):268-9.
PubMed PMID: 20893058; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2624746
((Rosner S. War Neurosurgery in Britain. J Natl Med Assoc. 1941 Nov;33(6):268-9.
PubMed PMID: 20893058; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2624746.)).