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History of Neurology
1st Edition - December 8, 2009
Editors: Stanley Finger, Francois Boller, Kenneth L. Tyler
Hardback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 2 0 0 9 - 8
eBook ISBN:
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Handbook of Clinical Neurology: Volume 95 is the first of over 90 volumes of the handbook to be entirely devoted to the history of neurology. The book is a collection of… Read more
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Handbook of Clinical Neurology: Volume 95 is the first of over 90 volumes of the handbook to be entirely devoted to the history of neurology. The book is a collection of historical materials from different neurology professionals. The book is divided into 6 sections and composed of 55 chapters organized around different aspects of the history of neurology. The first section presents the beginnings of neurology: ancient trepanation, its birth in Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt; the emergence of neurology in the biblical text and the Talmud; neurology in the Greco-Roman world and the period following Galen; neurological conditions in the European Middle Ages; and the development of neurology in the 17th and 18th centuries. The second section narrates the birth of localization theory; the beginning of neurology and histological applications, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, surgical neurology and other anatomo-clinical methods. The third section covers further development of the discipline, including methods of neurological illustration and hospitals in neurology and neurosurgery. This section also narrates the history of child neurology, neurodisability and neuroendocrinology. It also features the application of molecular biology on clinical neurology. The fourth section describes the dysfunctions of the nervous system and their history. The fifth and last section covers the regional landmarks of neurology and the different treatments and recovery. The text is informative and useful for neuroscience or neurology professional, researchers, clinical practitioners, mental health experts, psychiatrists, and academic students and scholars in neurology.
* A comprehensive accounting of historical developments and modern day advancements in the field of neurology
* State-of-the-art information on topics including brain damage and dysfunctions of the nervous system
* New treatments and recovery methods from redundancy to vicariation and neural transplantation, amongst others
* State-of-the-art information on topics including brain damage and dysfunctions of the nervous system
* New treatments and recovery methods from redundancy to vicariation and neural transplantation, amongst others
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Foreword
Preface
List of contributors
Section 1 Beginnings
1. Ancient trepanation
2. Mesopotamia
3. Neurology in Ancient Egypt
4. Neurology in the Bible and the Talmud
5. The Greco-Roman world
6. After Galen: late Antiquity and the Islamic world
7. Neurological conditions in the European Middle Ages
8. The development of neurology and the neurological sciences in the 17th century
9. Understanding the nervous system in the 18th century
Section 2 Origins of modern neurology
10. The birth of localization theory
11. On the use of animal experimentation in the history of neurology
12. The anatomical foundations of clinical neurology
13. The contributions of neurophysiology to clinical neurology: an exercise in contemporary history
14. Landmarks of surgical neurology and the interplay of disciplines
15. Jean-Martin Charcot and the anatomo-clinical method of neurology
16. History of the development of the neurological examination
17. Cognitive assessment in neurology
18. The origins of functional brain imaging in humans
Section 3 Further developments of the discipline
19. Visual images and neurological illustration
20. Neurological illustration: from photography to cinematography
21. Special hospitals in neurology and neurosurgery
22. A history of child neurology and neurodisability
23. History of neuroendocrinology: “the spring of primitive existence”
24. The coming of molecular biology and its impact on clinical neurology
Section 4 Dysfunctions of the nervous system
25. Headache: an historical outline
26. A history of seizures and epilepsies: from the falling disease to dysrhythmias of the brain
27. A history of cerebrovascular disease
28. A history of bacterial meningitis
29. Historical aspects of the major neurological vitamin deficiency disorders: overview and
fat-soluble vitamin A
30. Historical aspects of the major neurological vitamin deficiency disorders: the water-soluble B vitamins
31. Muscular dystrophy
32. Sensory and perceptual disorders
33. The history of movement disorders
34. The history of sleep medicine
35. The frontal lobes
36. History of aphasia: from brain to language
37. Alexia and agraphia
Section 5 Regional landmarks
38. American neurology
39. An historical overview of British neurology
40. History of neurology in France
41. The history of neurology in Scandinavia
42. Neurology and the neurological sciences in the German-speaking countries
43. The development of neurology in the Low Countries
44. History of neurology in Italy
45. A history of Russian and Soviet neuro(patho)logy
46. Neurology and traditional Chinese medicine
47. History of clinical neurology in Japan
48. History of neurology in Australia and New Zealand
49. Clinical neurology in Latin America
50. History of tropical neurology
Section 6 Treatments and recovery
51. Recovery of function: redundancy and vicariation theories
52. The emergence of the age variable in 19th-century neurology: considerations of recovery
patterns in acquired childhood aphasia
53. Rehabilitation therapies
54. The discovery of neurotransmitters, and applications to neurology
55. Neural transplantation
Index
- No. of pages: 944
- Language: English
- Published: December 8, 2009
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780444520098
- eBook ISBN: 9780702035418
SF
Stanley Finger
Affiliations and expertise
Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USAFB
Francois Boller
François Boller, M.D., Ph.D. has been co-Series Editor of the Handbook of Clinical Neurology since 2002. He.is a board-certified neurologist currently Professor of Neurology at the George Washington University Medical School (GW) in Washington, DC. He was born in Switzerland and educated in Italy where he obtained a Medical Degree at the University of Pisa. After specializing in Neurology at the University of Milan, Dr. Boller spent several years at the Boston VA and Boston University Medical School, including a fellowship under the direction of Dr. Norman Geschwind. He obtained a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio where he was in charge of Neuroscience teaching at the Medical School and was nominated Teacher of the Year. In 1983, Dr. Boller became Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh where he founded and directed one of the first NIH funded Alzheimer Disease Research Centers in the country. In 1989, he was put in charge of a Paris-based INSERM Unit dedicated to the neuropsychology and neurobiology of cerebral aging. He returned to the United States and joined the NIH in 2005, before coming to GW in July 2014.
Dr. Boller’s initial area of interest was aphasia and related disorders; he later became primarily interested in cognitive disorders and dementia with emphasis on the correlates of cognitive disorders with pathology, neurophysiology and imaging. He was one of the first to study the relation between Parkinson and Alzheimer disease, two processes that were thought to be unrelated. His current area of interest is Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders with emphasis on the early and late stages of the disease. He is also interested in the history of Neurosciences and is Past President of the International Society for the History of Neurosciences. He was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neurology, the official Journal of the European Federation of Neurological Societies (now European Academy of Neurology). He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and a member of the American Neurological Association. In addition, he has chaired Committees within the International Neuropsychological Society, the International Neuropsychology Symposium, and the World Federation of Neurology (WFN). He has authored over 200 papers and books including the Handbook of Neuropsychology (Elsevier).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Neurology, George Washington University Medical School, Washington, DC, USAKT
Kenneth L. Tyler
Affiliations and expertise
Reuler-Lewin Family Professor of Neurology, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA