Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: A Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System

  • William Richard Gowers MD., FRS.

    JMS PearceHull, England The name Gowers is a name hallowed in the minds of most neurologists as one of the great founders of neurological medicine in the Victorian era. He is probably best remembered for his A Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System (1886) (Fig 1.), a rich source of wisdom and clinical description…