A short history of neurology : the British contribution, 1660-1910

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    • Rose, F. Clifford (Frank Clifford)

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A short history of neurology : the British contribution, 1660-1910

edited by F. Clifford Rose

Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Biographies used to illustrate landmark achievements include those of Thomas Laycock, Hughlings Jackson, James Parkinson, Jean-Martin Charcot and David Ferrier. The contributors bring their findings to life through accounts of seminal neurological publications, and discussions of the traditionally accepted theories and developments of the time.

目次

  • The beginnings: Thomas Willis (1621-1675) and his circle of friends
  • When the brain came out of the skull: Thomas Willis (1621-1675), anatomical technique and the formation of the 'cerebral body' in 17th century England
  • Convergence of neurological anatomy and pathology in the British Isles: 1800-1850
  • Evolution of British neurology in comparison with other countries
  • The comparative approach: giant fibres
  • John Fothergill (1712-1780)
  • Robert Whytt (1714-1776): The sceptical neuroscientist
  • James Parkinson (1755-1824)
  • Three early nineteenth century British neurological texts
  • Buried contributions of the last century
  • Laycock (1812-1876) as the source of Hughlings Jackson's relfex and evolutionary theories
  • Hughlings Jackson's evolutionary neurophysiology
  • What modern neuroscience we can learn from Hughlings Jackson
  • John Langdon Down (1828-1896)
  • Edward Liveing's (1832-1919) theory of nerve storms in migraine
  • David Ferrier (1843-1928): A founder of modern neuroscience
  • Sir William Richard Gowers (1845-1915): Exhumation and decoding of his shorthand publications
  • Charles Edward Beevor's (1854-1915) and Beevor's sign
  • The French connection
  • A book collector's perspective.

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