1815 –1818 GOELIS, Leopold Anton [GÖLIS] (1765 – 1827)

Praktische Abhandlungen über die vorzüglichen Krankheiten des Kindesalters. Vol. 1: Von der hitzigen Gehirnhöhlen-Wassersucht; Vol. 2: Vom inneren chronischen Wasserkopfe....

"In 1818, Leopold Anton Gölis (1765-1827, Austrian physician and pathologist), a paediatrician and dissector in the Institute for the Sick Children of the Poor in Vienna, described the clinical and autopsy findings of…

GMN 6329 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8112

1826 HOOPER, Robert (1773 – 1835)

The morbid anatomy of the human brain.

Based on over 4000 autopsies performed over 30 years, and illustrated with fine hand-colored plates.

GMN 2284.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2904

1827 –1831 BRIGHT, Richard (1789 – 1858)

Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy. 2 vols. in 3.

Beside's Bright's classic description of chronic non-suppurative nephritis, known eponymically as “Bright’s disease”, the Reports contain numerous other outstanding contributions to general pathology, neuropathology, …

GMN 2285 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2906

1828 ABERCROMBIE, John (1781 – 1844)

Pathological and practical researches on diseases of the brain and spinal cord.

First textbook of neuropathology. Originally published in a series of articles in Edin. med. surg. J., 1818-19, and first collected into book form in the German translation, with appendix, by C. Nasse, Bonn, E. Weber,…

GMN 2285.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2910

1829 –1842 CRUVEILHIER, Jean (1791 – 1874)

Anatomie pathologique du corps humain. 2 vols.

The fine hand-colored lithographs of gross pathology make this one of the greatest works of its kind. Cruveilhier, first Professor of Pathological Anatomy in Paris, gave the first description of multiple sclerosis (in…

GMN 2286 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2912

1849 BRIGHAM, Amariah (1798 – 1849)

An inquiry concerning the diseases and functions of the brain, spinal cord, and the nerves.

The first American book on neurology, with a lengthy discussion of neuropathology. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

GMN 10746 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12942

1875 –1888 HUTCHINSON, Sir Jonathan (1828 – 1913)

Illustrations of clinical surgery. 2 vols.

Vol. 1 pp. 49-52: Hutchinson’s classic description of cheiropompholyx, dysidrosis (“Hutchinson’s disease”). The first description and illustration of sarcoidosis is on p. 42.

GMN 4067 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5464

1891 BLOCQ, Paul Oscar (1860 – 1896); LONDE, Albert (1858 – 1917)

Anatomie pathologique de la moelle épinière.

GMN 14234 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16553

1892 –1906 CAJAL, Santiago Ramón y (1852 – 1934); BABES, Victor (Babeş) (1854 – 1926); BLOCQ, Paul Oscar (1860 – 1896); MARINESCU, Gheorghe [Georges Marinesco] (1863 – 1938)

Atlas der pathologischen Histologie des Nervensystems. Herausgegeben von Prof. V. Babes (Bucarest), P. Blocq (Paris, Prof. Ehrlich (Berlin), Prof. Homen (Helsingfors), Prof. P. Marie (Paris, G. Marinesco (Bucarest), Prof. Mendel (Berlin) Prof. Möli (Berlin), Dozen C. v. Monakow (Zürich), Prof. Ramon j Cajal (Barcelon) und Prof. Vanlair (Lüttic). Redigirt von Professor V. Babes und P. Blocq. I. Lieferung: Die krankhaften Veränderungen der Museklnerven und deren Endigungen. II. Lieferung: Régénération des nerves. Degeneration und Entzündung der Nerven.

Published in 9 parts, of which part 3 was the last published, in 1906. Authors and titles of each part: 1. Babes & Marinesco. Die krankhaften Veränderungen der Muskelnerven und deren Endigungen (1892). 2. Régénération…

GMN 14235 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16554

1904 NISSL, Franz (1860 – 1919)

Histologische und histopathologische Arbeiten über die Grosshirnrinde. Vol. 1.

Pages 315-494 contain Nissl’s classic account of the histopathology of general paresis.

GMN 4803 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1571

1920 BIANCHI, Leonardo (1848 – 1919)

La meccanica del cervello e la funzione dei lobi frontale.

Bianchi showed that bilateral destruction of the frontal lobes caused character changes, a finding put to practical use by Egas Moniz and others. English translation, Edinburgh, 1922.

GMN 4891 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5866

1926 SCHAFFER, Károly (1864 – 1939)

Über das morphologische Wesen und die Histopathologie der hereditaersystematischen Nervenkrankheiten.

Schaffer was a pioneer Hungarian neuropathologist. He laid down a triad of criteria for judging whether or not a neurological disease is hereditary.

GMN 4609 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/575

2013 MEAD, S.; GANDHI, Sonia; BECK, Jon; COLLINGE, John; ET AL

A novel prion disease associated with diarrhea and autonomic neuropathy.

Order of authorship in the original paper: Mead, Gandhi, Beck, Collinge. Collinge was the main author. Digital facsimile from nejm.org at this link. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this entry and its interpretation.)

GMN 11045 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13241