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. 1996 Dec;39(6):1232-3.
doi: 10.1097/00006123-199612000-00030.

Victor Darwin Lespinasse: a biographical sketch

J A Grant  1
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Victor Darwin Lespinasse: a biographical sketch

J A Grant. Neurosurgery. 1996 Dec.

Abstract

The first neuroendoscopic procedure was performed before 1913 by Victor Darwin Lespinasse, a Chicago urologist. He never reported it, thinking it to be "an intern's stunt." He achieved a measure of fame for his advocacy of testicular transplantation.

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