Pathological and practical researches on diseases of the brain and the spinal cord / by John Abercrombie.

Edinburgh : MacLachlan and Stewart, 1845.

xix,457 pages ; 8o

4th ed.

Refr: Eimas 1355 (1st); Wellcome II, p.3 Note: Born at Aberdeen, Abercrombie graduated MD from Edinburgh in 1803. After studying for a short time in London he returned to Edinburgh where he established a large general practice. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1823, and in 1828 was made physician to the King in Scotland. Abercrombie made important contributions to neuropathology. The above work, first published in 1828, was based on studies which first appeared in the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal. It contains case histories and pathological studies along with comments on over 150 cases describing a variety of neurological conditions. "A milestone in the development of neuropathology" (McHenry, Garrison's history of neurology)

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