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1,258 entries match Neurology & Psychiatry [C10 / F04]
1880
#12884
Fisologia del dolore.
Mantegazza performed pioneering research into the physiology of pain at his experimental laboratory. His work marks the beginning of algometry, the scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli. Mantegazza inven…
1881
#4564
Paramyoklonus multiplex.
First description of paramyoclonus multiplex, “Friedreich’s disease”.
1881
#4818
Epilepsy and other chronic convulsive diseases.
Gowers left a classic account of epilepsy, a book which today is still one of the most important on the subject. He was first to note the tetanic nature of the epileptic convulsion.
1881
#1413
Untersuchungen über die Localisation der Funktionen in der Grosshirnrinde des Menschen.
Exner identified the superficial tangential fibers of the molecular layer of the cerebral cortex, known eponymically as “Exner’s plexus”. Exner’s book of 1881 on cortical localization contained maps based on the clini…
1881
#1414
Ueber die Functionen der Grosshirnrinde.
Munk made important investigations on the functions of the temporal lobes.
1881
#5002
Die Entdeckung des Hypnotismus: nebst einer ungedruckten Original-Abhandlung von [James] Braid in deutscher Übersetzung.
A translation into German by Preyer of a previously unpublished work on the history of hypnosis by James Braid.
1881
#4563
Contribution à l’étude clinique de la sciatique.
“Lasègue’s sign” in sciatica. Although discovered by E. C. Lasègue, it was first reported by his pupil Forst.
1882
#4565
The diseases of the spinal cord.
1882
#4677
Ein Krankheitssymptom der acuten Meningitis.
Kernig drew attention to a flexor contracture of the leg on attempting to extend it on the thigh (“Kernig’s sign”), almost always present in cerebrospinal meningitis and an important diagnostic sign. A fuller descript…
1882
#4782
De l’ataxie locomotrice d’origine syphilitique.
Fournier advanced the doctrine of the syphilitic origin of tabes, a hypothesis which was opposed for a time.
1882
#5003
Chapters in the history of the insane in the British Isles.
1882
#4082
Ueber die multiplen Fibrome der Haut und ihre Beziehung zu den multiplen Neuromen
One of Virchow’s distinguished pupils, von Recklinghausen gave a classic description of neurofibromatosis, adding much to the knowledge of the condition, which later became known as “Recklinghausen’s disease”. The art…
1882
#11160
De l’homicide commis par les enfants.
Digital facsimile from BnFgallica at this link.
1883 –1884
#830
On the innervation of the heart, with special reference to the heart of the tortoise.
Gaskell showed that the efferent vasoconstrictor fibers of the heart originated from the lateral horn of the spinal cord.
1883
#4702
Ueber eine dem Bilde der cerebrospinalen grauen Degeneration ähnliche Erkrankung des centralen Nervensystems ohne anatomischen Befund, nebst einigen Bemerkungen über paradoxe Contraction.
“Westphal’s pseudosclerosis”. Later Strümpell’s description of this condition (No. 4709) led to the eponym “Westphal–Strumpell disease”.
1883
#4701
De la parésie analgésique à panaris des extrémités supérieures ou paréso-analgésie des extrémités supérieures.
First description of “Morvan’s disease” – a form of syringomyelia.
1883
#1279
On the influence of the galvanic current on the excitability of the motor nerves of man.
1883
#4941
Compendium der Psychiatrie.
Later editions of this book were called Lehrbuch. The sixth edition is notable in that in it manic-depressive psychoses were first mentioned as such. Ninth edition in 1927. Kraepelin, Professor of Psychiatry successiv…
1883
#4566.1
Contribution to the study of spina bifida, encephalocele, and anencephalus.
Early description of the Arnold–Chiari malformation (see Nos. 4577.1, 4581.1).
1884
#4567
Ueber periodisch wiederkehrende Oculomotoriuslähmung.
“Möbius’s disease” – ophthalmoplegic migraine.
1884
#4625
Considérations sur l’agraphie à propos d’une observation nouvelle d’agraphie motrice pure.
Classic account of agraphia.
1884
#4642
Fièvre zoster etexanthèmes zosteriformes.
Landouzy first suggested the infective nature of herpes.
1884
#4747
Ueber die juvenile Form der progressiven Muskelatrophie und ihre Beziehungen zur sogenannten Pseudohypertrophie der Muskeln.
Progressive muscular dystrophy (“Erb’s muscular atrophy”). Erb did much to establish the modern conception of the muscular dystrophies.
1884
#1415
The relation of the nervous system to the temperature of the body.
Ott studied the nervous regulation of body temperature. His papers on the heat-center in the brain and on the thermoinhibitory apparatus were published in the same journal, 1887, 14, 150-62, 428-38; 1888, 15, 85-104.
1884
#1415.1
A treatise on the chemical constitution of the brain.
Thudichum, a German emigré, discovered cephalins and myelins in brain tissue. An enlarged German edition of his book was published at Tübingen, 1901. See biography by D. L. Drabkin, 1958, which includes an annotated b…
1884
#1280
Wie rasch ermüdet der Nerv?
Although Bernstein considered that nerve could be exhausted, Vvedenskii was able, in this paper, to show that such is not the case. Further proof was supplied by Bowditch (No. 1281). Digital facsimile of Vvedenskii's …
1884
#1880.1
Ueber coca.
Freud described his observations (with himself as subject) on the effects of cocaine, including its abolition of hunger and fatigue, the “exhilaration and lasting euphoria”. He also described its supposed non-addictiv…
1884
#4847
On visceral neuroses.
Gulstonian Lectures.
1884
#3128
Ueber progressive perniciöse Anämie bei Tabeskranken
First description of subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord, which Leichtenstern termed progressive pernicious anemia in tabetics.
1884
#4857
Study of the pathological changes occurring in trifacial neuralgia, with the report of a case in which three inches of the inferior dental nerve were excised.
Mears first suggested Gasserian ganglionectomy for trigeminal neuralgia.
1884
#4942
Psychiatrie. Klinik der Erkrankungen der Vorderhirns.
Meynert, Professor of Neurology at Vienna, made many contributions to the study of the cellular architecture of the brain, and is often considered the founder of cerebral cortex cytoarchitectonics. English translation…
1884
#4848
Jumping, latah, myriachit.
Latah, motor incoordination associated with echolalia and coprolalia, is named “Gilles de la Tourette’s disease” after his classic description of it.
1885
#4568
Lectures on the diagnosis of diseases of the brain.
1885
#4626
Ueber Aphasie.
“Lichtheim’s disease”– subcortical sensory aphasia. Lichtheim noted that although the patient could not speak, he was able to indicate with his fingers the number of syllables in the word of which he was thinking (“Li…
1885
#4643
Ueber die akute Encephalitis der Kinder (Polioencephalitis acuta, cerebrale Kinderlähmung).
“Strumpell’s disease” – polioencephalomyelitis.
1885
#4703
Über eine eigentümliche Form spastischer Lähmung mit Cerebralerscheinungen auf hereditärer Grundlage. (Multiple Sklerose.)
“Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease” (see No. 4715).
1885
#4748
Contribution à l’étude des paralysies radiculaires du plexus brachial.
First description of atrophic paralysis of the muscles of the hand following lesion of the brachial plexus and eighth cervical and first dorsal nerves (“Klumpke’s paralysis”).
1885
#1366
Beitrag zur pathologischen Anatomie der Tabes dorsalis und zum Faserverlauf in menschlichen Rückenmark.
“Lissauer’s tract”, the marginal tract in the spinal cord.
1885
#1281
Note on the nature of nerve-force.
1885
#1283
Sulle degenerazioni descendenti consecutive a lesioni sperimentale in diverse zone della corteccia cerebrale.
Marchi’s stain, osmic acid, for degenerating myelin sheaths.
1885
#1470
Neue Thatsachen über die Hautsinnesnerven.
Goldscheider recorded important investigations on the nerves conveying the sensation of temperature and on the nerves of cutaneous sensation
1885
#4943
Les maladies de la personnalité.
1885
#5003.1
The insane in the United States and Canada.
The first history of psychiatry in the United States and Canada. Chapter 5 is the first survey of psychiatry in Canada.
1885
#7332
Topographical anatomy of the brain. 3 vols.
The most outstanding American neurological atlas of the nineteenth century and one of the best American photographically illustrated medical books of the period. The atlas reproduces the specimens, which Dalton prepar…
1886 –1888
#4569
A manual of diseases of the nervous system. 2 vols.
Gowers was physician and Professor of Clinical Medicine at University College, London. He especially distinguished himself in the field of neurology, and the above set is his greatest work.Page 365 of vol. 1 includes …
1886
#4570
Paralyses, cerebral, bulbar and spinal.
Bastian was one of the founders of English neurology. He is remembered for “Bastian’s law” (see No. 4577).
1886
#4571
Two cases of associated paralysis of the tongue, soft palate, and vocal cord on the same side.
“Mackenzie’s syndrome”.
1886
#4704
Ueber eine bestimmte Form der primären combinirten Systemerkrankungen des Rückenmarks.
“Strümpell’s disease” – hereditary spastic spinal paralysis, previously described by Erb and by Charcot.
1886
#4749
Sur une forme particuliére d’atrophie musculaire progressive souvent familiale débutant par les pieds et les jambes et atteignant plus tard les mains.
First description of the peroneal form of muscular atrophy, the so-called Charcot–Marie–Tooth type.
1886
#4750
The peroneal type of progressive muscular atrophy. Thesis for the degree of M.D. in the University of Cambridge.
Tooth described peroneal muscular atrophym a hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy of the peripheral nervous system, independently of, and in the same year as, Charcot and Marie. Known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) d…