Characteristics and lasting contributions of 19th-century American neurologists

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 202-216

  Lanska, D J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Causalgia; Citation analysis; Electrical stimulation of brain; History of medicine; Jumping Frenchmen of Maine; Neurasthenia; Neurology; Nucleus of Onuf; Peripheral nerve injuries; Spinal anesthesia; Tay Sachs disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGANIZATION;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; PUBLISHING; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034869737     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jhin.10.2.202.7252     Document Type: Article

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