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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815111203321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press, c2001

ISBN

1-281-86612-1

9786611866129

1-84816-166-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RoseF. Clifford (Frank Clifford)

Disciplina

616.8

Soggetti

Neurologists - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Neurology - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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