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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Brewster, Ryan
• Bi, Wenya Linda
• Smith, Timothy R
• Gormley, William B
• Dunn, Ian F
• Laws, Jr, Edward R

Titel

The neurosurgeon as baseball fan and inventor: Walter Dandy and the batter's helmet

Ist Teil von

• Neurosurgical focus, 2015-07, Vol.39 (1), p.E9-E9

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Baseball maintains one of the highest impact injury rates in all athletics. A principal causative factor is the "beanball," referring to a pitch thrown directly at a batter's head. Frequent morbidities elicited demand for the development of protective gear development in the 20th century. In this setting, Dr. Walter Dandy was commissioned to design a "protective cap" in 1941. His invention became widely adopted by professional baseball and inspired subsequent generations of batting helmets. As a baseball aficionado since his youth, Walter Dandy identified a natural partnership between baseball and medical practice for the reduction of beaning-related brain injuries. This history further supports the unique position of neurosurgeons to leverage clinical insights, inform innovation, and expand service to society.