Twentieth century neurology : the British contribution / editor, F. Clifford Rose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rose, F. Clifford (Frank Clifford)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurologists--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Neurologists.

Neurology--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Neurology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Neuroscience is one of the scientific fields where progress in the 20th century has been spectacular. With the coming of the new millennium, it is appropriate to look at some of the advances and the neurologists who helped to produce them. The original contributions in this volume reflect the background against which the rapid advances have taken place in the past 100 years. <i>Sample Chapter(s)</i><br>Chapter 1: SIR CHARLES SHERRINGTON, O. M., P. R. S. (1857-1952) (87 KB)<br> <br><i>Contents: </i><ul><li>Sir Charles Sherrington OM, PRS (1857-1952) <i>(W C Gibson)</i></li><li>Henry Head (186

Contents:

CONTENTS ; List of Contributors ; Preface ; 1. Sir Charles Sherrington O.M. P.R.S. (1857-1952) ; 2. Henry Head (1861-1940) ; HEAD'S BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE ; UNIVERSITY YEARS ; EARLY MEDICAL CAREER (1890-1904) ; MARRIAGE TO RUTH MAYHEW IN 1904 ; FROM 1904 TO 1910

HEAD'S INTEREST IN SPEECH 1910-1926 THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918 ; AFTER THE GREAT FIRST WORLD WAR ; HEAD'S BOOK ON APHASIA ; THE FINAL FOURTEEN YEARS (1926-1940) ; References ; 3. The British Contribution to Aphasiology ; JOHN HUGHLINGS JACKSON ; HENRY CHARLTON BASTIAN

HENRY HEAD MACDONALD CRITCHLEY ; STUDIES IN PARAGRAMMATISM ; CATEGORY-SPECIFIC SEMANTIC DISORDERS ; DEEP DYSLEXIA IN PATIENTS WITH LANGUAGE DEFICIT ; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING STUDIES OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS AND COGNITIVE DEFICIT ; SPEECH THERAPY FOR APHASIA ; CONCLUSIONS ; References

4. The Concept of Hemispheric Lateralisation References ; 5. James Hinshelwood (1859-1919) and Developmental Dyslexia ; INTRODUCTION ; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA ; MAIN EVENTS OF HINSHELWOOD'S LIFE ; AFTER HINSHELWOOD ; Acknowledgements ; References ; 6. Wilfred Harris (1869-1960)

References 7. Sir Gordon Holmes (1876-1965) ; 8. Sir Gordon Holmes: A Personal Reminiscence ; 9. Gordon Holmes' Work on Sensation and His Association with Henry Head ; 10. Looking and Seeing - Gordon Holmes' 1936 John Mallet Purser Lecture Revisited ; References

11. Kinnier Wilson (1878-1937) and His Books

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611866129

9781281866127

1281866121

9781848161665

1848161662

OCLC:

748530834