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William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864-1922) 680

William Rivers

William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864–1922): neurologist, anthropologist, WWI shell shock pioneer, dermatomes co-mapper, protopathic/epicritic sensation theorist

Hans Chiari (1851 – 1916) 340

Hans Chiari

Hans Chiari (1851-1916) was an Austrian pathologist. Eponymously affiliated with the Chiari malformation; Type II Chiari malformation (Arnold–Chiari malformation) and Budd–Chiari syndrome

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Sturge-Weber syndrome

Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare, congenital neurocutaneous disorder characterised by capillary-venous malformations involving the skin, leptomeninges, and ocular structures.

Sir Charles Alfred Ballance (1856-1936) 680

Charles Ballance

Sir Charles Ballance (1856–1936), pioneer of neurosurgery and otology, first performed facial nerve crossover anastomosis in 1895—an enduring milestone.

Karl Wernicke (1848-1905) 680

Carl Wernicke

Carl Wernicke (1848–1905), German neurologist who described Wernicke’s area and aphasia, and identified Wernicke’s encephalopathy from thiamine deficiency

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Klumpke Palsy

Lower brachial plexus injury, with consequent weakness and wasting of the C8–T1 musculature. Augusta Klumpke (1859-1927)

Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833 – 1890) 340 3

Carl Westphal

Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833-1890) was a German neurologist and psychiatrist. Westphal sign, Westphal syndrome, Westphall-Strümpell pseudosclerosis, Westphal-variant Huntington disease, Leyden-Westphal ataxia, and the Edinger-Westphal nucleus

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