1768
Subperiosteal abscess of the anterior wall of the frontal sinus associated with underlying frontal osteomyelitis.
It is named after Sir Percivall Pott, an English surgeon who described it in 1768
Robert Whytt (1714– 1766) expressed grave trepidation when commenting on ventricular drainage in his Observations on Dropsy in the Brain, 1) published in 1768.
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Whytt R: Observations on Dropsy in the Brain. Edinburgh:
J. Balfour, 1768