Brown-Séquard : an improbable genius who transformed medicine /
Aminoff, Michael J.(Michael Jeffrey)
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The death of a professor -- At home in Mauritius -- A medical student in Paris -- Great expectations -- The physics of the circulation : why we don't faint on standing, and why we get bedsores on lying still for too long -- Fame in the making -- Fame and fortune in Britain : a piece of cake -- Broken dreams and promises -- Musical chairs -- Thoughts about the brain -- The disease of devils and demons -- The magnificent maverick -- A new system of medicine -- Scenes from the world of a scientist -- A backward glance and a reckoning.
Brown-Séquard, Charles-Edouard, 1817-1894.
Physicians
Physiologists
Neurologists