1983 GALL, Franz Joseph (1758 – 1828); HEINTEL, Helmut; HEINTEL, Brigitte
Franz Joseph Gall Bibliographie. Mit einem Porträt und 13 Abbildungen
GMN 11238 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13435
1985 JEANNEROD, Marc (1935 – 2011)
The brain machine: The development of neurophysiological thought.
Translation of Le cerveau-machine: physiologie de la volonté, Paris, 1983.
GMN 1588.21 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1617
1985 SACKS, Oliver Wolf (1933 – 2015)
The man who mistook his wife of a hat and other clinical tales.
Describes the case histories of some of Sacks's patients. The title comes from the case study of a man with visual agnosia.[1] The book "became the basis of an opera of the same name by Michael Nyman, which premiered …
GMN 9133 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11312
1987 CLARKE, Edwin Sisterton (1919 – 1996); JACYNA, L. Stephen
Nineteenth century origins of neuroscientific concepts.
Detailed analysis, emphasizing first half of 19th century, with detailed bibliographies, and bibliographical notes.
GMN 1588.24 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1645
1987 HARRINGTON, Anne
Medicine, mind, and the double brain: A study in nineteenth-century thought.
GMN 11643 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13844
1987 HACHINSKI, Vladimir (1941 – ); STEINGART, Allan; MERSKEY, Harold (1929 – ); ET AL
Cognitive and neurologic findings in subjects with diffuse white matter lucencies on computed tomographic scan (Leuko-Araiosis).
"Abstract: As part of a prospective clinicopathologic study, a cohort of 105 "normal" elderly volunteers was investigated with computed tomographic scans, psychometric testing (Extended Scale for Dementia [ESD]) and n…
GMN 14116 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16427
1989 BERTAPAGLIA, Leonardo (1380 – 1463)
Leonard of Bertapaglia: On nerve injuries and skull fractures. Translated with an introduction and commentary by Jules C. Ladenheim.
GMN 9433 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11616
1989 LEMAK, Noreen Ann (1921 – 2013); FIELDS, William S.
A history of stroke: Its recognition and treatment.
GMN 10742 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12937
1990 ASHWAL, Stephen (1945 – )
The founders of child neurology. Edited by Stephen Ashwal.
125 biographical essays, with portraits and bibliographies, documenting the history of child neurology from the 17th century to the present.
GMN 5019.22 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6715
1991 SHEPHERD, Gordon M. (1933 – )
Foundations of the neuron doctrine.
GMN 7333 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9504
1993 STOL, Marten (1940 – )
Cuneiform Monographs II: Epilepsy in Babylonia.
GMN 8313 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10489
1994 TRENT, James W. Jr.
Inventing the feeble mind: A history of mental retardation in the United States.
GMN 10500 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12693
1994 ELING, Paulus Alphons Theresia Maria (Paul) (1951 – )
Reader in the history of aphasia from [Franz] Gall to [Norman] Geschwind. Edited by Paul Eling.
GMN 12638 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14879
1995 BOS, Gerrit; IBN AL JAZZĀR, Ahmed Bin Jaafar Bin Brahim (Algizar) (895 – 979)
Ibn al-Jazzār on forgetfulness and its treatment. Critical edition of the Arabic text and the Hebrew translations with commentary and translation into English by Gerrit Bos.
GMN 8244 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10420
1995 VENTER, John Craig (1946 – ); SMITH, Hamilton Othanel (1931 – ); FLEISCHMANN, Robert D.; ADAMS, Mark D.; WHITE, Owen; ET AL
Whole-genome random sequencing and assembly of Haemophilus influenzae Rd.
First sequence of the complete genome of a free-living non-viral organism—Haemophilus influenzae—the bacterium that causes lower respiratory tract infections and meningitis in infants and young children. This genome c…
GMN 11343 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13541
1995 CHARCOT, Jean Martin (1825 – 1893); GELFAND, Toby (1942 – ); GOETZ, Christopher G.; BONDUELLE, Michel
Charcot: Constructing neurology
An essential account of the life and contributions of Charcot.
GMN 11456 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13655
1996 O’MALLEY, Charles Donald (1907 – 1970); CLARKE, Edwin Sisterton (1919 – 1996)
The human brain and spinal cord: A historical study illustrated by writings from antiquity to the twentieth century. Second edition, revised and enlarged with a new preface by Edwin Clarke.
Massive anthology of primary source material on neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. Excellent commentaries and bibliographies. First edition, 1968.
GMN 1588.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1478
1996 CLARKE, Edwin Sisterton (1919 – 1996); DEWHURST, Kenneth Eastham (1919 – 1984)
An illustrated history of brain function. Imaging the Brain from Antiquity to the Present. Second edition, revised and enlarged, with a new preface by Edwin Clarke and a new chapter surveying advances in imaging technology by Michael J. Aminoff.
First edition, Oxford, 1985.
GMN 1588.9 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1503
1996 WILL, R. G.; IRONSIDE, J. W.; ZEIDLER, M.; ET AL
A new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the UK.
During the 1990s England was plagued with cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) seen in cows, popularly known as "Mad Cow Disease." Then physicians in England started noticing an uptick in cases of what look…
GMN 10844 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13040
1998 SWEDO, Susan E.; LEONARD, Henrietta L. (1954 – 2007); GARVEY, Marjory; ET AL
Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections: Clinical description of the first 50 cases.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Swedo, Leonard, Garvey.... Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS), "an hypothesis that there exists a subset …
GMN 11079 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13275
2000 SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – ); TOGA, Arthur W.; MAZZIOTTA, John C.
A history of neuroanatomical mappiing IN: Arthur W. Toga and John C. Mazziotta, Brain mapping: The systems, Chapter 3, pp. 77-109.
Extensively illustrated in color, with a thorough bibliography of original references.
GMN 6825 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8989
2002 CABANIS, Emmanuel Alain (1943 – ); CABANIS, Marie-Thérèse Iba-Zizen; PICARD, Luc (1937 – )
A history of neuroradiology (1895-2002). XVIIth Symposium Radiologicum: Paris-France, August 18-24, 2002.
GMN 11135 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13331
2003 SILVER, John Russell
History of the treatment of spinal cord injuries.
A history of the treatment and rehabilitation of spinal cord and cauda equina injuries.
GMN 7839 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10011
2003 ROCCA, Julius (1956 – )
Galen on the brain: Anatomical knowledge and physiological speculation in the second century AD.
GMN 8307 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10483
2003 BRUYN, George Willem (1928 – 2002); POSER, Charles Marcel (1923 – 2010)
The history of tropical neurology: Nutritional disorders.
GMN 9452 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11635
2003 HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370); JOUANNA, Jacques (1935 – )
Hippocrate, Oeuvres complètes, Tome II, 3ème partie: La maladie sacrée. Texte établi, traduit et annoté par Jacques Jouanna. (Collection des universités de France).
Until Hippocrates epilepsy was believed to be religious in origin; Hippocrates provided the first medical description of the disease.
GMN 10018 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12207
2005 MURRAY, Thomas John "Jock" (1938 – )
Multiple sclerosis: The history of a disease.
GMN 8729 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10907
2006 MITCHELL, Silas Weir (1829 – 1914); LOUIS, Elan D.; HORN, Stacy; ROTH, Lisa Anne
The neurologic content of S. Weir Mitchell’s fiction.
Digital facsimile from semanticscholar.org at this link.
GMN 11650 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13851
2007 SACKS, Oliver Wolf (1933 – 2015)
Musicophilia: Tales of music and the brain.
In a review for The Washington Post, Peter D. Kramer wrote, "In Musicophilia, Sacks turns to the intersection of music and neurology -- music as affliction and music as treatment." Kramer wrote, "Lacking the dynamic t…
GMN 9132 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11311
2008 HUSBANDS, Philip (1961 – ); HOLLAND, Owen; WHEELER, Michael
The mechanical mind in history. Edited by Philip Husbands, Owen Holland, and Michael Wheeler.
GMN 7360 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9532
2008 TESAK, Juergen; CODE, Chris
Milestones in the history of aphasia: Theories and protagonists.
GMN 11792 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13994
2008 DEL MAESTRO, Rolando Fausto (1949 – )
A history of neuro-oncology.
GMN 14011 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16317
2010 PICKERING, Andrew (1948 – )
The cybernetic brain: Sketches of another future.
GMN 7359 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9531
2010 FINGER, Stanley; TYLER, Kenneth L.; BOLLER, François (1938 – )
History of neurology (Vol. 95). Handbook of Clinical Neurology series). Edited by Stanley Finger, François Boller, and Kenneth L. Tyler.
GMN 11275 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13472
2012 EADIE, Mervyn John (1932 – )
Headache: Through the centuries.
The most comprehensive history to date.
GMN 6842 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9006
2012 JACYNA, L. Stephen; CASPER, Stephen Trevor
The neurological patient in history. Edited by L. Stephen Jacyna and Stephen T. Casper.
GMN 12643 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14884
2012 HACHINSKI, Vladimir (1941 – ); SÖRÖS, Peter
Cardiovascular and neurological causes of sudden death after ischaemic stroke.
Hachinski and Sörös discovered that the control of the heart by the brain is asymmetric, with the fight/flight (sympathetic) response controlled by the right hemisphere and the rest and digest (parasympathetic) respon…
GMN 14114 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16425
2013 ARTENSTEIN, Andrew W.
In the blink of an eye: The deadly story of epidemic meningitis.
GMN 8100 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10276
2013 WILLIAMS, Gareth
Paralysed with fear: The story of polio.
GMN 10219 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12409
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
2013 DERICKSON, Alan (1948 – )
Dangerously sleepy: Overworked Americans and the cult of manly wakefulness.
The first book to track the longtime association of overwork and sleep deprivation from the nineteenth century to the present.
GMN 13295 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15561
2014 PRUSINER, Stanley Benjamin (1942 – )
Madness and memory: The discovery of prions- a new biological principle of disease.
Prusiner discovered prions, the agent causing scrapie in sheep and goats, mad cow disease, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.
GMN 7624 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9796
2014 PASTULA, David M.; ALIABADI, Negar; MILLER, Lisa Ann; ET AL
Acute neurologic illness of unknown etiology in children - Colorado, August-September 2014.
The authors reported a cluster of 9 children seen at Colorado Children's Hospital with an acute neurologic illness characterized by extremity weakness, cranial nerve dysfunction, diplopia (double vision), facial droop…
GMN 12713 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14959
2014 KENNAWAY, James
Music and the nerves 1700-1900. Edited by James Kennway.
GMN 12783 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15029
2015 SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – )
Neuroanatomical terminology: A lexicon of classical origins and historical foundations.
The first global, historically documented, hierarchically organized parts list of the human nervous system. "This defined vocabulary accurately and systematically describes every human nervous system structural featur…
GMN 6824 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8988
2015 SILBERMAN, Steve (1957 – )
NeuroTribes: The legacy of autism and the future of neurodiversity. Foreward by Oliver Sacks.
A very well written semi-popular historical account of autism.
GMN 8159 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10335
2015 CHOKROVERTY, Sudhansu; BILLIARD, Michel
Sleep medicine: A comprehensive guide to its development, clinical milestones, and advances in treatment. Edited by Sudhansu Chokroverty and Michel Billiard.
GMN 10724 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12918
2015 SACKS, Oliver Wolf (1933 – 2015)
On the move: A life.
GMN 12684 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14929
2015 VAN HAREN, Keith; AYSCUE, Patrick; WAUBANT, Emmanuelle L.; ET AL
Acute flaccid myelitis of unknown etiology in California, 2012-2015
The authors presented a retrospective study based on demographics, race, ethnicity, signs, lab results, MRI results of 59 patients identified between June 2012 and July 2015 who presented symptoms that they characteri…
GMN 12714 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14960
2016 LEBLANC, Richard; FEINDEL, William (1918 – 2014)
The wounded brain healed: The golden age of the Montreal Neurological Institute, 1934–1984.
GMN 11794 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13996
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