Ludwig Lichtheim
Ludwig Lichtheim (1845 - 1928) was a German physician.
Category Neurology
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (spinal form of muscular atrophy) is the commonest disease within a group of conditions called Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies (HMSN).
James Ramsay Hunt
James Ramsay Hunt (1874 – 1937) was an American neurologist.
Ludwig Edinger
Ludwig Edinger (1855 – 1918) was a German neurologist and anatomist.
Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne
Biography Medical Eponyms Landouzy-Déjérine syndrome First to describe and publish 9 cases of Landouzy-Déjérine syndrome (facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy) in the third edition of De l’électrisation localisée in 1872: 219-220 Key Medical Attributions Duchenne smile Controversies Major Publications References Biography Eponymous…
Jules Falret
Jules Philippe Falret (1824 - 1902) was a French psychiatrist. 1877, along with Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816-1883) first described the concept of Folie à deux, initially termed Lasègue-Falret syndrome.
Robert Todd
Robert Bentley Todd (1809 – 1860) was an Irish physician. Provided early depictions of migraine, peripheral neuritis, and postepileptic paralysis (Todd's palsy). He also gave an important discourse on locomotor ataxy (tabes dorsalis).
John Madison Taylor
John Madison Taylor (1855-1931) was an American pediatric neurologist. He designed the first tendon reflex hammer in 1888
The Magic of the Neuro Exam
The neurological examination in 3 minutes, on video - the highest form of art?
Helpful Brainstem Figures
Helpful Brainstem Figures. Cross-sections of the brainstem. Medial brainstem syndromes and lateral brainstem syndromes
The rule of 4 of the brainstem
Peter Gates rule of 4 of the brainstem illustrated in a single diagram...why and how?
Brainstem Rules of 4
Gates described a simplified method for answering the question 'Where is the lesion?' using only the parts of the brainstem that we actually examine during a clinical examination to understand brainstem vascular syndromes.