| Description |
ix, 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. The beginnings of neurology: Thomas Willis and his circle of friends / William Feindel -- 2. When the brain came out of the skull: Thomas Willis (1621-1675), anatomical technique and the formation of the 'cerebral body' in seventeenth century England / Robert Martensen -- 3. The convergence of neurological anatomy and pathology in the British Isles: 1800-1850 / Alastair Compston -- 4. The evolution of British neurology in comparison with other countries / Peter Koehler -- 5. The comparative approach: giant fibres / C. U. M. Smith -- 6. John Fothergill (1712-1780) / F. Clifford Rose -- 7. Robert Whytt (1714-1766): the sceptical neuroscientist / Julius Rocca -- 8. James Parkinson (1755-1824) / F. Clifford Rose -- 9. Three early nineteenth century British neurological texts / F. Clifford Rose -- 10. Buried contributions of the last century / Tetsuo Furukawa -- 11. Laycock (1812-1876) as the source of Hughlings Jackson's reflex and evolutionary theories / Hansruedi Isler |
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12. Hughlings Jackson's evolutionary neurophysiology / George York -- 13. What modern neuroscience can learn from Hughlings Jackson / David Steinberg -- 14. John Longdon Down (1828-1896) / O. Conor Ward -- 15. Edward Liveing's (1832-1919) theory of nerve-storms in migraine / J. M. S. Pearce -- 16. David Ferrier (1843-1928): a founder of modern neuroscience / Ivor Levy -- 17. Sir William Richard Gowers (1845-1915): exhumation and decoding of his shorthand publications / Kenneth L. Tyler and H. Richard Tyler -- 18. Charles Edward Beevor (1854-1908) and Beevor's sign / Kunio Tashiro -- 19. The French connection / Michel Bonduelle and Dominique Laplane -- 20. A book collector's perspective / Robert Gordon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Neurology -- Great Britain -- History.
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Neurology -- history.
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Neurology.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 |
| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Biographies.
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| Author |
Rose, F. Clifford (Frank Clifford)
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| LC no. |
99010462 |
| ISBN |
0750641657 |
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