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Title: The Journal of nervous and mental disease
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: American Neurological Association
Subjects: Nervous system Psychology, Pathological
Publisher: Baltimore (etc.) Williams & Wilkins (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ich he identified eachone of the peripheral nerves. His investigations led him to radical advance in neurologicalsurgery. The tearing out of a nerve, he demonstrated, resulted indegeneration of the central as well as the peripheral portion of thenerve, since the degeneration was due to the atrophy of the cellsfrom which it originated rather than the mere separation of thenerve. Dissection of the nerve prevented such violent injury to thenerve. In obstinate neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve he advocatedthe bringing about of atrophy of the originating cells and so de-struction of the nerve and elimination of j)ain by excision of thenerve branches. He worked on the organic lesions in dementia pr^ecox, searchedout the pathogenic processes of rabies, solved the problem of theinhibitive fibers of the heart by tracing the connection of thesefibers to the pncumogastric nerve itself instead of to the spinalnerve and contributed much to the knowledge of acute anteriorpoliomyelitis in the adult.
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-IK Wil.l.lAM k i,i»\\l.l<- OBITUARIES 485 These and many other resuUs of his labors famihar now toneurology all indicate the distinguished service he has rendered. Hewas distinguished as a clinician no less than as a laboratory scientistand his methods of instruction were unique in brilliancy and variety,the cinematographic illustrations with which at times he accom-panied his lectures attracting special attention. His methods werecharacterized throughout by remarkable skill and an accuracy whichhe also demanded from others. He displayed moreover a boldnessof innovation in therapeutics but even more in surgery. All ofthese elements contributed to the lasting results of his work, theelucidation of some of the most important problems in neurologyand psychiatry. WILLIAM RICHARD GOWERS ■ On May 4, 1915, death removed one of the most notable figuresin the English medical field. Sir William Gowers was distinguishedby a certain dynamic forcefulness which manifested itself in histhough

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