A biosketch of William Richard Gowers with a new review of his inpatient case history notes

William Richard Gowers (1845–1915) spent his career working at the National Hospital for the Relief and Cure for the Paralyzed and Epileptic at Queen Square, in London, United Kingdom, and at the nearby University College Hospital. His “Manual of the Diseases of the Nervous System” and many publishe...

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Main Authors: Thiago Cardoso Vale, Andrew Lees, Francisco Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2013-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013000600411&lng=en&tlng=en
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description William Richard Gowers (1845–1915) spent his career working at the National Hospital for the Relief and Cure for the Paralyzed and Epileptic at Queen Square, in London, United Kingdom, and at the nearby University College Hospital. His “Manual of the Diseases of the Nervous System” and many published lectures were based almost entirely on his own clinical observations meticulously recorded in shorthand. In this paper, we have focused on an analysis of his inpatient case records from 1878 to 1911 preserved in the archives at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square. We reviewed all 42 volumes and analyzed 2,478 patients. Between 1897 and 1909, a mean of 129.7 cases per year were admitted to the hospital under Gowers' care. We grouped the diagnoses in 12 different categories. Epilepsy (16.5%), followed by spinal cord diseases (10.3%), cerebrovascular diseases (9.5%), and functional disorders (7.9%) were the most common diagnoses.
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spelling doaj.art-cb6132cba3844498904de098666bb8532022-12-22T02:56:19ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272013-06-0171641141310.1590/0004-282X20130049S0004-282X2013000600411A biosketch of William Richard Gowers with a new review of his inpatient case history notesThiago Cardoso ValeAndrew LeesFrancisco CardosoWilliam Richard Gowers (1845–1915) spent his career working at the National Hospital for the Relief and Cure for the Paralyzed and Epileptic at Queen Square, in London, United Kingdom, and at the nearby University College Hospital. His “Manual of the Diseases of the Nervous System” and many published lectures were based almost entirely on his own clinical observations meticulously recorded in shorthand. In this paper, we have focused on an analysis of his inpatient case records from 1878 to 1911 preserved in the archives at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square. We reviewed all 42 volumes and analyzed 2,478 patients. Between 1897 and 1909, a mean of 129.7 cases per year were admitted to the hospital under Gowers' care. We grouped the diagnoses in 12 different categories. Epilepsy (16.5%), followed by spinal cord diseases (10.3%), cerebrovascular diseases (9.5%), and functional disorders (7.9%) were the most common diagnoses.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013000600411&lng=en&tlng=enhistoria da medicinaepilepsiatranstornos cerebrovascularesdoencas da medula espinhaltranstornos motores
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A biosketch of William Richard Gowers with a new review of his inpatient case history notes
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
historia da medicina
epilepsia
transtornos cerebrovasculares
doencas da medula espinhal
transtornos motores
title A biosketch of William Richard Gowers with a new review of his inpatient case history notes
title_full A biosketch of William Richard Gowers with a new review of his inpatient case history notes
title_fullStr A biosketch of William Richard Gowers with a new review of his inpatient case history notes
title_full_unstemmed A biosketch of William Richard Gowers with a new review of his inpatient case history notes
title_short A biosketch of William Richard Gowers with a new review of his inpatient case history notes
title_sort biosketch of william richard gowers with a new review of his inpatient case history notes
topic historia da medicina
epilepsia
transtornos cerebrovasculares
doencas da medula espinhal
transtornos motores
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