History of Neurology

Before he was a household name in neurology, James Parkinson was a man of dangerous secrets and ancient stones. In this episode, we travel to 19th-century London to meet a surgeon who lived a triple life: a political radical nearly executed for a plot against the King, a world-renowned pioneer of paleontology, and a community doctor who identified a "shaking palsy" by simply watching his neighbors walk to the market.Primary Sources & Further Reading:Parkinson, J. (1817). An Essay on the Shaking Palsy. Printed by Whittingham and Rowland for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones.Old Hubert [Parkinson, J.]. (1794). Pearls Cast Before Swine: Or, A Christmas Present to the "Swinish Multitude." Being a Collection of Valuable Material from the Library of Old Hubert. Printed for D. I. Eaton.Connect with the Show:Please Subscribe and Share!Historyofneurology@gmail.com

"We’ve been saying it wrong for a century."In this episode, we deconstruct the wartime discovery and the linguistic mystery of Guillain-Barré-Strohl Syndrome. From the trenches of the Somme to the lecture halls of the Salpêtrière, we explore how a name became a brand and who was left behind in the process.Primary Sources & Further Reading:The Original 1916 Paper: Guillain G, Barré JA, Strohl A. Sur un syndrome de radiculo-névrite avec hyperalbuminose du liquide céphalo-rachidien sans réaction cellulaire. Bull Mem Soc Med Hop Paris. 1916; 40:1462-70.On the Pronunciation: Rogoff, JB. Pronunciation of Guillain. JAMA. 1977; 237(22):2381.The 1937 Retraction: Guillain, G. Radiculoneuritis with Acellular Hyperalbuminosis of the Cerebrospinal Fluid. International Congress of Neurology, Paris (1936).The Legacy of Barré: Schächter, M. In Memoriam: Jean-Alexandre Barré (1880-1967). Revue d'Oto-Neuro-Ophtalmologie. 1967.Connect with the Show:Please Subscribe and Share!Historyofneurology@gmail.com