ABSTRACT
Sir Victor Horsley is well recognized as the father of neurological surgery, publishing many articles within this discipline and on other neurologically related topics. Furthermore, he published many important articles in other areas of science and medicine, as well as on social issues (e.g., women's suffrage). Accordingly, we compiled, for the first time, a complete listing of his writings. We briefly describe here some of the characteristics of his bibliography, which is available on the Journal's web site.
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Neurology/history , Neurosurgery/history , Publishing/statistics & numerical data , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Humans , Publishing/classificationABSTRACT
Harvard University's Neurological Unit at Boston City Hospital (BCH) became the premier center for neurological training in the United States during the middle part of the 20th century. During part of this period (1939-1967), it was directed by Derek Denny-Brown, who had been recruited from England by Harvard president James Conant. The training program that Denny-Brown initiated at BCH emphasized neurology as a medical specialty, independent of psychiatry and neurosurgery. This program, which reflected Denny-Brown's British training, was remarkably effective and served as a model for rest of the country.
