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
1838 CARSWELL, Sir Robert (1793 – 1857)
Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease.
Carswell was Professor of Morbid Anatomy at University College, London, and one of the leading English pathologists of his day. A fine artist, he personally painted 2,000 water-colours of pathological specimens. His g…
GMN 2291 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2920
1849 FRERICHS, Friedrich Theodor von (1819 – 1885)
Ueber Hirnsklerose.
First important account of multiple sclerosis. Carswell (No. 2291) and Cruveilhier (No. 2286) both gave illustrations of the disease; the latter is also accredited with the first description.
GMN 4692 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/976
1868 CHARCOT, Jean Martin (1825 – 1893)
Histologie de la sclérose en plaques.
An important description of multiple sclerosis. Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.
GMN 4698 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/983
1868 ORDENSTEIN, Leopold (1835 – 1902)
Sur la paralysie agitante et la sclérose en plaques généralisée.
In his doctoral thesis Ordenstein, a pupil of Charcot, first defined the clinical features of multiple schlerosis in detail, with pathologic confirmation, and distinguished the main symptoms and pathologic findings of…
GMN 13813 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16102
1885 PELIZAEUS, Friedrich Christoph (1851 – 1942)
Über eine eigentümliche Form spastischer Lähmung mit Cerebralerscheinungen auf hereditärer Grundlage. (Multiple Sklerose.)
“Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease” (see No. 4715).
GMN 4703 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1077
1916 DAWSON, James Walker (1870 – 1927)
The histology of disseminated sclerosis.
A classic monograph on the pathology of multiple sclerosis.
GMN 4718 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1201
1919 CUMMINGS, Bruce Frederick [BARBELLION] (1889 – 1919); WELLS, Herbert George (1866 – 1946)
The journal of a disappointed man. With an introduction by H. G. Wells.
Published under the pseudonym, Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion. "Cummings' life changed forever when he was called to enlist in the British Army to fight in World War I in November 1915. He had consulted his doctor bef…
GMN 10741 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12936
2005 MURRAY, Thomas John "Jock" (1938 – )
Multiple sclerosis: The history of a disease.
GMN 8729 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10907
