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This chapter gives a brief historical (ancient to modern) review of neurosurgical and anatomical approaches to the study of cranial sutures. The following periods in the history of medicine are cited: Mythological era, ancient Hellenic period, ancient American-African-Mediorient-Arabic studies, Medieval Europe, nineteenth century, Modern era.
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Syrmos, N.C., Giannouli, V., Turgut, M. (2021). The Sutures of the Skull: A Historical Perspective. In: Turgut, M., Tubbs, R.S., Turgut, A.T., Dumont, A.S. (eds) The Sutures of the Skull. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72338-5_2
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