Harvey William Cushing, American physician and neurosurgeon, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 8, 1869. He received the degree of A.B. from Yale University in 1891, and those of A.M. and M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1895. He was a graduate of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1896. He moved to Baltimore to work at the Johns Hopkins Hospital where he stayed for 15 years, mostly at the Faculty of Surgery under the guidance of another famous surgeon, William Stewart Halstead. In 1912, he returned to Harvard as Professor of Surgery and also was surgeon-in-chief at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (1913-1932) in Boston. In 1933, he became Sterling Professor of Neurology at Yale, a position he held until 1937. Considered a pioneer of Neurosurgery, he made several fundamental discoveries about the pituitary gland.
Beginning in 1905, Dr. Cushing started to develop many of the basic surgical techniques for operating the brain, thus establishing neurosurgery as a new and autonomous surgical discipline. He improved considerably the survival of patients after difficult brain operations for intracranial tumors, an area where he became one of the foremost leaders and experts of all times. He was also the first to use x-rays to diagnose brain tumors and to stimulate electrically the sensory cortex of a human being. He established an international reputation as a teacher of neurosurgeons, with many followers and students, many of whom became also world famous. In his honor, one of the first medical associations in neurosurgery was formed (the Harvey Cushing Society, later absorbed into the American Association of Neurological Surgeons).
His name was also immortalized in the history of medicine, by his discovery, in 1912, of Cushing's disease, an endocrinological syndrome caused by a malfunction of the pituitary gland. This discovery was described in detail in "The Pituitary Body and its Disorders". Bibliophile and an earnest collector of books, he published many essays and other literary works, among them the 1926 Pulitzer prize-winning biography of William Osler, one of the "fathers" of modern medicine.
For all this, he is considered the greatest neurosurgeon of the 20th century. He died in 1939, in New Haven, Connecticut.

Occupation: BET. 1896 - 1911 Surgeon, John Hopkins School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Surgery, John Hopkins University 1902 - 1912.
Occupation: BET. 1912 - 1932 Havard Prof. of Surg. Peter Bent Brigham Hosp.
Occupation: BET. 1933 - 1937 Prof. Neurology, Yale Univ. School of Medicine
Event: Graduation MD 1895 Harvard Univ. School of Medicine
Event: Degree BA 1891 Yale University
Event: Med. Residency BET. 1895 - 1896 Massachucetts Gen. Hosp.
Event: Author/Publisher BET. 1926 - 1937 Pulitzer-prize (Biog. Dr. Wm Osler)
Military Service: BET. MAY 1917 - MAR 1919 Dir. Us Army Hosp. #5 France, /B.E.F.
Event: Awarded Medal 1918 Distinguished. Serv.Medal [DSM]
Note:
Studied surgery under Dr. Wm Stewart Halstead
@ John Hopkins. Defined "Cushings Disease"
a malfunction of the pituitary gland.

1880 US Census: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Henry K. CUSHING1 Self M Male W 52 MA Physician MA MA
Bessie M. CUSHING2 Wife M Female W 52 NY Keeping House CT OH
William E. CUSHING3 Son S Male W 26 OH Lawyer MA NY
Alice K. CUSHING4 Dau S Female W 21 OH At Home MA NY
Henry CUSHING5 Son S Male W 19 OH At College MA NY
Eden S. CUSHING6 Son S Male W 17 OH At College MA NY
Geo. B. CUSHING7 Son S Male W 16 OH At Farm School MA NY
Allyne M. CUSHING8 Son S Male W 12 OH At School MA NY
Harvey W. CUSHING9 Son S Male W 11 OH At School MA NY

1900 US Census: Baltimore Ward 8, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
Harvey W Cushing abt 1869

1910 US Census: Baltimore Ward 11, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
Harrey Cushing abt 1869
Kathine C Cushing abt 1871
Wm H Cushing abt 1904
Mary B Cushing abt 1906
Betsey Cushing abt 1908

1920 US Census: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Harvie W Cushing abt 1873 Ohio
Catherine Cushing abt 1875
Cushing abt 1904 Massachusetts
Mary Cushing abt 1907 Massachusetts
Betsy Cushing abt 1909 Massachusetts
Henry Cushing abt 1911 Massachusetts
Basheera Cushing abt 1915 Massachusetts

1930 US Census: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Harvey Cushing abt 1869
Katherine Cushing abt 1871
Mary B Cushing abt 1907
Betsey Cushing abt 1909
Henry Cushing abt 1911
Barbara Cushing abt 1916

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Sources:
1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638) by James Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. First Edition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family) Pg 507
2. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family, 1905 to 1969, Allston T. Cushing, Kansas City MO: Published by the Author, 1969, Pg 26
3. 1880 US Census: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
4. 1900 US Census: Baltimore Ward 8, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
5. 1910 US Census: Baltimore Ward 11, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
6. 1920 US Census: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
7. 1930 US Census: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
8. FamilySearch: International Genealogical Index v5.0
9. Harvey William Cushing, A Brief Biography http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n02/historia/cushing.htm
10. Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=cushing&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GSsr=81&GRid=5372&pt=Harvey%20Williams%20Cushing&
11. Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library,
http://www.med.yale.edu/library/historical/cushing/family.html

• Married: 10 Jun 1902 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

1. William Harvey Cushing b: 4 Aug 1903 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
2. Mary Benedict (Minnie) Cushing b: 27 Jan 1906 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
3. Betsey Maria Cushing b: 18 May 1908 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
4. Henry Kirke Cushing b: 22 May 1910 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
5. Barbara (Babe) Cushing b: 5 Jul 1915 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts