The history of the neurological examination. Part 1: Ancient and pre‐modern history ‐ 3000 BC to AD 1850
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
- Vol. 1 (1) , 3-14
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09647049209525509
Abstract
Every time a physician conducts a neurological examination the process continues a biomedical search for understanding the nervous system which is as ancient as the earliest civilizations in human history. Most of the modern neurological examination evolved in a short time span, between 1850 and 1914, but the origins of neurology as a medical quest for knowledge date to the first evolution of urban life, in the valleys of the Euphrates and the Nile. This paper reviews this history in two chronological segments: part 1 up to 1850 and part 2 the subsequent period.Keywords
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