| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Preface; 1. The Jackson Family Background; 2. Maternal Ancestry -- the Hughlings; 3. Early Education and Life As a Medical Student; 4. Leaving Yorkshire for London; 5. The Cholera Epidemic in London, 1862; 6. First Neurological Papers; 7. Herbert Spencer, Evolution and Dissolution, and the Hierarchy of the Nervous System; 8. The Epilepsies; 9. Jackson's Writings on the Falling Sickness Reviewed; 10. Jackson As Morbid Anatomist; 11. The Cerebellum; 12. Aphasia: The Early Researches of Broca and Jackson; 13. Further Work on Aphasia; 14. Jackson's Final Writings on Aphasiology |
| Summary |
This book traces the life and scientific career of Dr. John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911), the English physician who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty during the reign of Queen Victoria. Jackson made a number of scientific discoveries in several areas of higher nervous activity and language, and contributed greatly to the study of various types of epilepsy. He isolated the form of epilepsy associated with localized convulsive seizures, known as Jacksonian epilepsy. His research on epilepsy stretched across a broad spectrum and included uncinate attacks, intellectual |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jackson, J. Hughlings (John Hughlings), 1835-1911.
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Jackson, J. Hughlings (John Hughlings), 1835-1911 [MESH] |
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Jackson, J. Hughlings, (1835-1911) (John Hughlings) [MESH] |
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Jackson, J. Hughlings (John Hughlings), 1835-1911 |
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Jackson, John Hughlings, (1835-1911) |
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Jackson, John Hughlings. |
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Großbritannien Consulate Frankfurt am Main |
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Neurologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Neurology.
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Neurology
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain)
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MEDICAL -- Neurology.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
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Neurology
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Neurologists
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Biografie
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Neurologie
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Neurologues -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies.
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Critchley, Eileen A
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| ISBN |
1423738284 |
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9781423738282 |
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1602563098 |
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9781602563094 |
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9780195123395 |
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0195123395 |
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1280471468 |
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9781280471469 |
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9780198028734 |
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0198028733 |
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