Temple Fay

Temple Sedgwick Fay, M.D. (January 9, 1895, Seattle – March 7, 1963, Philadelphia) was an American neurologist and neurosurgeon. He is known for experimental use of extreme cold to treat patients with malignant tumors or head injuries.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Wang, H.; Olivero, W.; Wang, D.; Lanzino, G. (2006). "Cold as a therapeutic agent". Acta Neurochirurgica. 148 (5): 565–70, discussion 569–70. doi:10.1007/s00701-006-0747-z. PMID 16489500. S2CID 25885634.
  2. ^ Cooper, S. M.; Dawber, R. P. (2001). "The history of cryosurgery". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 94 (4): 196–201. doi:10.1177/014107680109400416. PMC 1281398. PMID 11317629.
  3. ^ Fay, Temple (1959). "Early Experiences with Local and Generalized Refrigeration of the Human Brain". Journal of Neurosurgery. 16 (3): 239–260. doi:10.3171/jns.1959.16.3.0239. PMID 13655107.
  4. ^ Bohl, Michael A.; Martirosyan, Nikolay L.; Killeen, Zachary W.; Belykh, Evgenii; Zabramski, Joseph M.; Spetzler, Robert F.; Preul, Mark C. (2019). "The history of therapeutic hypothermia and its use in neurosurgery". Journal of Neurosurgery. 130 (3): 1006–1020. doi:10.3171/2017.10.JNS171282. PMID 29799343. The caption to the photograph of Temple Fay gives his date of death as August 19, 1963 — the correct date of death is March 7, 1963.