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John Hughlings Jackson

Clinical Neurology, Evolution, and Victorian Brain Science

Samuel H. Greenblatt

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English
Oxford University Press
24 January 2022
John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) was a preeminent British neurologist who is widely recognized today as one of the leading founders of modern clinical neurology and neuroscience. He had a unique ability to translate messy clinical data into viable neuroscientific conceptions. This ability served him well, because in his early years knowledge of cerebral organization was quite rudimentary. Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) faced the same problem at the same time in the 1860s, and each man recognized the other's work at a fundamental level. Although Jackson's historical standing has increased over the century since his death, there is only one full-length biography, the Critchleys' John Hughlings Jackson: Father of English Neurology (OUP 1998). Like the numerous articles and chapters that have been written about Jackson, that book is sometimes inaccurate and often hagiographic. In this new biography, John Hughlings Jackson: Clinical Neurology, Evolution and Victorian Brain Science, Samuel H. Greenblatt provides a critical analysis of Jackson's work within the professional, social, and intellectual contexts of his Victorian milieu. The book follows Jackson's intellectual development through a close examination of his published writings, in chronological order, from the case reports and Suggestions of his early medical career to the major lectures he delivered in his later years. The text is supplemented with a comprehensive bibliography of Jackson's writings that will be of practical use to scholars of his work.

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Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 252mm,  Width: 275mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   1g
ISBN:   9780192897640
ISBN 10:   0192897640
Pages:   592
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Samuel H. Greenblatt is Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery at Department of Neurosurgery, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Reviews for John Hughlings Jackson: Clinical Neurology, Evolution, and Victorian Brain Science

The analysis is meticulous, careful to adhere as closely as possible to the text of the publications, and aware of all the nuances in the language and the differences in the choice and meaning of the terms that goes beyond pure lexical analysis. In short, readers assist in first person the making of a scientific theory that made a deep impression on nobody else than Freud himself. * Alain Touwaide, PhD(Ronin Institute), Doody's * Samuel Greenblatt, a distinguished neurosurgeon, has produced an outstanding scholarly biography of this remarkable Victorian neurologist. The book is an important contribution to the literature and history of neurology. * Arpan K. Banerjee, Hektoen International *


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