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The Care and Management of Spinal Cord Injuries

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“The first question in the diagnosis of diseases of the spinal cord is whether the symptoms are due to organic disease. The answer to it depends on recognising the presence or absence of signs of structural change..… even those which are minute and may seem superfluous.” Gowers (1884)

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia

    George M. Bedbrook Kt., O.B.E., O.ST.J. Hon. M.D. (W.A.), M.S.(Melb.), D.P.R.M. (Syd.), F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S. (Senior Surgeon, Spinal Unit, Chairman, Clinical Staff, Vice President, Australian Council for Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Vice Chairman, National Advisory Council for the Handicapped (Australia)

  2. Royal Perth Rehabilitation Hospital, Shenton Park, Western Australia

    George M. Bedbrook Kt., O.B.E., O.ST.J. Hon. M.D. (W.A.), M.S.(Melb.), D.P.R.M. (Syd.), F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S. (Senior Surgeon, Spinal Unit, Chairman, Clinical Staff, Vice President, Australian Council for Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Vice Chairman, National Advisory Council for the Handicapped (Australia)

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  1. George M. Bedbrook Kt., O.B.E., O.ST.J. Hon. M.D. (W.A.), M.S.(Melb.), D.P.R.M. (Syd.), F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.S.
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Bedbrook, G.M. (1981). Diagnosis. In: The Care and Management of Spinal Cord Injuries. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8087-0_3

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