BRAIN and NERVE－神経研究の進歩66巻11号

2014年11月発行

増大特集 神経症候学は神経学の“魂”である

ガワーズ—「神経学のバイブル」の著者

著者： 廣瀬源二郎¹

所属機関： ¹浅ノ川総合病院脳神経センター

ページ範囲：P.1269 - P.1277

文献概要

ウイリアム・ガワーズは臨床神経学の偉大なパイオニアの1人であり，神経学のバイブルとされる教科書『A Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System』の著者でもある。彼の神経学は患者からの詳細な病歴聴取，注意深く細心の診察から得られた徴候，症状の膨大な蓄積をもとに構築され完成されたものである。彼の偉大さは立派な臨床神経科医であることに加えて，その熱心な教育者としての考え方および態度である。彼を深く知ることで神経学の魂に触れることができよう。

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