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John Hughlings Jackson : father of English neurology /
This book traces the life and scientific career of Dr. John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911), the English physician who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty during the reign of Queen Victoria. Jackson made a number of scientific discoveries in several areas of higher nervous ac...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book traces the life and scientific career of Dr. John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911), the English physician who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty during the reign of Queen Victoria. Jackson made a number of scientific discoveries in several areas of higher nervous activity and language, and contributed greatly to the study of various types of epilepsy. He isolated the form of epilepsy associated with localized convulsive seizures, known as Jacksonian epilepsy. His research on epilepsy stretched across a broad spectrum and included uncinate attacks, intellectual. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423738284 9781423738282 1602563098 9781602563094 9780195123395 0195123395 1280471468 9781280471469 |