Origin Emerged as a distinct clinical specialty in the nineteenth century, with the Paris school led by Jean-Martin Charcot at the Salpetriere central to its formation.
Neurology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system, the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. It developed as a distinct clinical discipline in the nineteenth century, closely associated with the Paris school around Jean-Martin Charcot, which established systematic clinical and pathological correlation of nervous disease. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
Facts
Partially Attested
Origin YearThe year is that of Thomas Willis's Cerebri anatome, in which the word neurology first appeared in print, not an exact founding date for the specialty. Origin PeriodEmerged as a distinct clinical specialty in the nineteenth century, with the Paris school led by Jean-Martin Charcot at the Salpetriere central to its formation. 2 Years of Training Classification
Type/Classification FAQs
Which school of medicine is neurology closely associated with?
The Paris school around Jean-Martin Charcot.
Neurology developed as a distinct clinical discipline in the nineteenth century, closely associated with the Paris school around Jean-Martin Charcot.
What method did Charcot's school establish?
Systematic clinical and pathological correlation of nervous disease.
The Paris school established systematic clinical and pathological correlation of nervous disease.
Connections
Associated With
Inherited neurodegenerative disorder; neurology specialty.
Narcolepsy, Conditions Chronic sleep disorder of neurological origin; neurology specialty.
Neurology is the certified diagnostic specialty this broader translational field feeds and draws from.
Neurological movement/sensory disorder; neurology specialty.
Long-Form Articles
Notable Specialists
Jean-Martin Charcot's clinical demonstrations at Salpetriere in the second half of the nineteenth century are a founding episode of modern neurology, well established in general histories of medicine.
Source A History of MedicineLois N. Magner
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
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Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
View the Source 2. A History of Medicine
Lois N. Magner, CRC Press- Origin Period: Emerged as a distinct clinical specialty in the nineteenth century, with the Paris school led by Jean-Martin Charcot at the Salpetriere central to its formation.
3. Wikipedia: Neurology
WikipediaTrainingQuote, Training
This includes four years of medical school, four years of residency and an optional one to two years of fellowship.
View the Source 4. Thomas Willis: the father of neurology (Royal College of Physicians)
Image caption for Cerebri anatomeQuote, Image caption for Cerebri anatome
Cerebri anatome: cui accessit nervorum descriptio et usus. Thomas Willis, published London, 1664.
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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity
Roy Porter, W. W. Norton and Company, 1997Notable Specialists: Ibn Sina
Charles Bell (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Charles Bell, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Charles Bell, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
neurologist
View the Source Carl Wernicke (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Carl Wernicke, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Carl Wernicke, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
led to groundbreaking realizations of the localization of brain function
View the Source Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Wilhelm Heinrich Erb, Lead and biography [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Wilhelm Heinrich Erb, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
was a German neurologist
View the Source Nikolaus Friedreich (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Nikolaus Friedreich, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Nikolaus Friedreich, Lead
was a German pathologist and neurologist
View the Source Frederic Lewy (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Frederic Lewy, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Frederic Lewy, Lead
was a German-born American neurologist
View the Source Moritz Heinrich Romberg (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Moritz Heinrich Romberg, Lead sentence, fieldQuote, Notable Specialists: Moritz Heinrich Romberg, Lead sentence, field
was a German medical doctor and neurologist
View the Source Karl Bonhoeffer (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Karl Bonhoeffer, Lead paragraph, professionQuote, Notable Specialists: Karl Bonhoeffer, Lead paragraph, profession
was a German neurologist, psychiatrist and physician
View the Source Wilhelm Griesinger (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Wilhelm Griesinger, Lead sentence of the English Wikipedia article [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Wilhelm Griesinger, Lead sentence of the English Wikipedia article [in-group]
was a German neurologist and psychiatrist born in Stuttgart
View the Source Oskar Vogt (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Oskar Vogt, Lead [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Oskar Vogt, Lead [in-group]
was a German physician and neurologist
View the Source Viktor Frankl (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Viktor Frankl, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Viktor Frankl, Lead paragraph
was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor
View the Source John Abercrombie (physician) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: John Abercrombie (physician), Article textQuote, Notable Specialists: John Abercrombie (physician), Article text
regarded as the first textbook in neuropathology
View the Source Hermann Oppenheim (source article)
Notable Specialists: Hermann Oppenheim, Article text, specialtyQuote, Notable Specialists: Hermann Oppenheim, Article text, specialty
Nervenpathologie für Neurologie
View the Source Gabriel Anton (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Gabriel Anton, Lead and bodyQuote, Notable Specialists: Gabriel Anton, Lead and body
was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist
View the Source Ludwig Edinger (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ludwig Edinger, Article text [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Ludwig Edinger, Article text [specialist-in]
In 1914 he was also appointed the first German professor of neurology
View the Source Eduard Hitzig (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Eduard Hitzig, Article text [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Eduard Hitzig, Article text [specialist-in]
was a German neurologist and neuropsychiatrist of Jewish ancestry
View the Source Viktor von Weizsäcker (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Viktor von Weizsäcker, CareerQuote, Notable Specialists: Viktor von Weizsäcker, Career
In 1941, he succeeded Otfrid Foerster as professor of neurology in Breslau
View the Source Albert Moll (German psychiatrist) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Albert Moll (German psychiatrist), LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Albert Moll (German psychiatrist), Lead
was a neurologist, psychologist, sexologist, and ethicist
View the Source Hugo Liepmann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hugo Liepmann, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Hugo Liepmann, Lead
was a German neurologist and psychiatrist born in Berlin
View the Source Theodor Ziehen (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Theodor Ziehen, Lead sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Theodor Ziehen, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
was a German neurologist and psychiatrist
View the Source Klaus Conrad (Wikipedia)
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Sudeten German neurologist and psychiatrist
View the Source Adolf Strümpell (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Adolf Strümpell, Lead paragraph [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Adolf Strümpell, Lead paragraph [in-group]
was a Baltic German neurologist
View the Source Geoffrey Jefferson (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Geoffrey Jefferson, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Geoffrey Jefferson, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]
was a British neurologist and pioneering neurosurgeon
View the Source Alfred Goldscheider (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Alfred Goldscheider, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Alfred Goldscheider, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]
was a German neurologist born into a Jewish family
View the Source Robert Wartenberg (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Robert Wartenberg, Lead [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Robert Wartenberg, Lead [in-group]
was a clinical neurologist and professor
View the Source Friedrich Jolly (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Friedrich Jolly, Lead, occupationQuote, Notable Specialists: Friedrich Jolly, Lead, occupation
was a German neurologist and psychiatrist
View the Source Oswald Bumke (source article)
Notable Specialists: Oswald Bumke, Lead sentence [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Oswald Bumke, Lead sentence [in-group]
was a German psychiatrist and neurologist
View the Source Woldemar Kernig (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Woldemar Kernig, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Woldemar Kernig, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
was a Russian internist and neurologist of Baltic German descent
View the Source Adolf Wallenberg (source article)
Notable Specialists: Adolf Wallenberg, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Adolf Wallenberg, Lead paragraph
10 April 1949) was a German internist and neurologist.
View the Source Hoimar von Ditfurth (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hoimar von Ditfurth, Lead and Biography section [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Hoimar von Ditfurth, Lead and Biography section [specialist-in]
became a private lecturer in psychiatry and neurology
View the Source Ion N. Petrovici (source article)
Notable Specialists: Ion N. Petrovici, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Ion N. Petrovici, Lead paragraph
was a German neurologist, professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Cologne.
View the Source Alfred Hauptmann (source article)
Notable Specialists: Alfred Hauptmann, Lead sentence [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Alfred Hauptmann, Lead sentence [in-group]
was a German-Jewish psychiatrist and neurologist
View the Source Friedrich Christoph Pelizaeus (source article)
Notable Specialists: Friedrich Christoph Pelizaeus, Lead sentenceQuote, Notable Specialists: Friedrich Christoph Pelizaeus, Lead sentence
Friedrich Christoph Pelizaeus (3 April 1851-11 August 1942) was a German balneologist and neurologist who was a native of Rietberg.
View the Source Constantin von Economo (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Constantin von Economo, Lead sentenceQuote, Notable Specialists: Constantin von Economo, Lead sentence
21 August 1876-21 October 1931) was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist of Romanian origin.
View the Source Édouard Claparède (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Édouard Claparède, Lead sentence [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Édouard Claparède, Lead sentence [in-group]
was a Swiss neurologist, child psychologist, and educator
View the Source Otfrid Foerster (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Otfrid Foerster, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Otfrid Foerster, Lead [specialist-in]
was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon
View the Source Benedict Stilling (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Benedict Stilling, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Benedict Stilling, Lead [specialist-in]
Stilling made important contributions in the field of neurology.
View the Source Egas Moniz - Facts (NobelPrize.org)
Notable Specialists: António Egas Moniz, Facts, prize motivation and work [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: António Egas Moniz, Facts, prize motivation and work [specialist-in]
Neurological Institute, Lisbon, Portugal
View the Source Herbert S. Gasser - Facts (NobelPrize.org)
Notable Specialists: Herbert Spencer Gasser, Facts, prize motivation and work [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Herbert Spencer Gasser, Facts, prize motivation and work [specialist-in]
They divided nerve fibers into two different types with different thicknesses and showed that the thicker fibers convey nerve impulses faster
View the Source Henri Duret (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Henri Duret, Lead sentenceQuote, Notable Specialists: Henri Duret, Lead sentence
Henri Duret (7 July 1849, Condé-sur-Noireau, 7 April 1921) was a French neurologist
View the Source Josef Gerstmann (Wikipedia)
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a Jewish Austrian-born American neurologist
View the Source Sir Byrom Bramwell (Munk's Roll)
Notable Specialists: Byrom Bramwell, Munk's Roll biography, career paragraphs [specialist-in 2]Quote, Notable Specialists: Byrom Bramwell, Munk's Roll biography, career paragraphs [specialist-in 2]
he made his scientific reputation chiefly in the fields of neurology, diseases of the heart and blood, and disorders of the endocrine organs
View the Source Ludwig Guttmann (Wikipedia)
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was a German-British neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games
View the Source Édouard Brissaud (source article)
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He had interests in a number of medical disciplines including motion disturbances, anatomy, neurology and psychiatry.
View the Source Frederick Andermann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Frederick Andermann, Lead sentenceQuote, Notable Specialists: Frederick Andermann, Lead sentence
Frederick Andermann (September 26, 1930, June 16, 2019) was a Canadian neurologist and epileptologist.
View the Source Andrew Lees (neurologist) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Andrew Lees (neurologist), Lead sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Andrew Lees (neurologist), Lead sentence [specialist-in]
Professor of Neurology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
View the Source Carl-Heinz Rodenberg (source article)
Notable Specialists: Carl-Heinz Rodenberg, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Carl-Heinz Rodenberg, Lead paragraph
Carl-Heinz Rodenberg, sometimes known as Karl-Heinz Rodenberg (19 November 1904 in Heide, 1995) was a German neurologist and psychiatrist.
View the Source Alfred Bannwarth (source article)
Notable Specialists: Alfred Bannwarth, Lead sentenceQuote, Notable Specialists: Alfred Bannwarth, Lead sentence
Alfred Bannwarth (1903-1969) was a German neurologist who is credited for first reporting lymphocytic meningoradiculitis.
View the Source Ralph C. Hamill (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ralph C. Hamill, Article textQuote, Notable Specialists: Ralph C. Hamill, Article text
Hamill later worked as a neurologist and psychiatrist.
View the Source Clare Fowler (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Clare Fowler, Lead, neurologyQuote, Notable Specialists: Clare Fowler, Lead, neurology
a medical field that combines urology and neurology
View the Source Oliver Sacks (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Oliver Sacks, Lead, professionQuote, Notable Specialists: Oliver Sacks, Lead, profession
was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer
View the Source Hans Asperger (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hans Asperger, Lead, workQuote, Notable Specialists: Hans Asperger, Lead, work
He studied atypical neurology, specifically in children
View the Source Roger Bannister (Wikipedia)
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Bannister went on to become a neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
View the Source Adnan Abdallat (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Adnan Abdallat, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Adnan Abdallat, Lead
was a Jordanian neurologist
View the Source Hanan Costeff (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hanan Costeff, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Hanan Costeff, Lead
was an Israeli pediatric neurologist, researcher, and teacher
View the Source Ludo van Bogaert (Wikipedia)
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Ludo van Bogaert was a Belgian neurologist and neuropathologist.
View the Source Eduard Ludyansky (Wikipedia)
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was a Russian neurologist, acupuncturist, and apitherapist
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