PMC

Visual fields taken postoperatively from Transsphenoidal Case 2, the accompanying note describes “bitemporal hemianopsia still present, some improvement possibly in fields.”

(A) Cushing’s operative illustration of the “omega incision” (previously published in Pituitary) (B) Cushing’s operative note describing the omega incision.

Cushing’s handwritten note documenting the reasons for the mastoid operation in Transsphenoidal Case 1. “It was conjectured that the chronic suppurative process might bear some relation to the ductless gland disturbance. Hence the operation. HC.”

Cushing’s post-discharge note for Transcranial Case 1. Reads: “1906. I think this case is akin to that of [omitted] an [illegible] girl with infantile pelvic viscera, headaches, optic atrophy and in whom at autopsy was found a congenital mixed tumor, [illegible], size pigeons egg situated just behind the optic convergence—HC.”

Cushing’s handwritten note documenting presenting symptoms for Transsphenoidal Case 1, at the time of her third admission. Reads: “1) Increasing headache, especially for last week. 2) [increasing] gain in wt. now weighs 200 lbs says she has gained nearly 30 lbs since leaving hospital.”