Title: John Hughlings Jackson : father of English neurology
Abstract: An account of the life and work of Dr John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911), the English physician who, during the reign of Queen Victoria, pioneered the development of the specialty of neurology within medical science in the United Kingdom. Much of his work is still the basis of contemporary understanding of the dissolution of language caused by disease. Jackson was one of the founding editors of the journal, Brain. This book will be of interest to neurologists and medical historians.
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-06-11
Language: en
Type: book
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