TY - JOUR T1 - A century of British military neurosurgery JF - Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps JO - J R Army Med Corps SP - 139 LP - 146 DO - 10.1136/jramc-2015-000477 VL - 162 IS - 2 AU - Peter A Stanworth Y1 - 2016/04/01 UR - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/162/2/139.abstract N2 - At the time of the Boer War in 1899 penetrating head injuries, which formed a large proportion of the battlefield casualties, resulted in almost 100% mortality. Since that time up to the present day, significant improvements in technique, equipment and organisation have reduced the mortality to about 10%. ER -