Aneurisms of the larger cerebral arteries. By Cecil F. Beadles. Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of England. Brain 1907; 30: 285–336; with Intracranial aneurysms. By E.G. Fearnsides, M.D. Cantab., F.R.C.P. Assistant Physician to the Hospital for Epilepsy, Paralysis and other Diseases of the Nervous System, Maida Vale; late Medical Registrar to the London Hospital; Beit Memorial Research Fellow. Brain 1916; 39: 224–296; with Intracranial aneurysms. By Hubert M. Turnbull, D.M., Direct

When Sir Charles Symonds (1890–1978) was taken to task by Harvey Cushing (1869–1939) for suggesting that the great man had misdiagnosed an expanding aneurysm as a case of cerebral tumour, and was proved right, the upstart was sent to the library to research his suggestion, or concede that this had been a 'fluke'. Symonds duly wrote his renowned article on the diagnosis of intracranial aneurysm in life (Guy's Hospital Reports 1923; 73: 139–58); and Cushing added a postscript that was fulsome in its praise of the young man. In the library of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Symonds was able to draw upon a literature that included articles published in Brain a few years earlier; and the papers by Cecil Beadles (1867–1933), Edwin Fearnsides (1883–1919) and Hubert Turnbull (1875–1955) appear as references 2, 6 and 7 of the 19 that Symonds cites in support of his analysis. A trainee challenges his teacher at some risk to his reputation and future career (in Symonds' case both proved secure) as Edwin Fearnsides had discovered in his work at the London Hospital with Hubert Turnbull a few years earlier.

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