Neurological contributions from William Osler



Document title: Neurological contributions from William Osler
Journal: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Database:
System number: 000569681
ISSN: 0004-282X
Authors:
Institutions: 1Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Division of General Neurology and Ataxias, São Paulo, São Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Season: Abr
Volumen: 71
Number: 4
Pages: 258-260
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Portuguese abstract William Osler foi um dos médicos mais notáveis da história, e seus ensinamentos sobre a prática médica permanecem até os dias atuais. Embora Osler nunca tenha se considerado um neurologista, contribuiu com descrições clínicas e patológicas de numerosas doenças neurológicas. Osler realizou mais de 800 autópsias do sistema nervoso e publicou mais de 200 artigos na área da Neurologia. Neste artigo, descre-vemos as principais contribuições neurológicas de William Osler.
English abstract William Osler was one of the most remarkable clinicians worldwide, and his teachings in medical practice remain until the present days. Although Osler had never considered himself a neurologist, he contributed with clinical and pathological descriptions of numerous neurological diseases. He performed more than 800 autopsies studies of the nervous system and published over 200 articles in the field of Neurology. In this article, we described the main neurological contributions from William Osler.
Keyword: William Osler,
Neurology,
Central nervous system
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