Neurographs : a series of neurological studies, cases, and notes / Editor William Browning.

Date:
1908
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Credit: Neurographs : a series of neurological studies, cases, and notes / Editor William Browning. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    pre-Columbian discoverers of America, and in fact their relation to the main point much resembles that of the Norsemen to the discovery of America. It now trans- pires that each had subsequently shown himself to be a man of ability, character, and power of observation. All these facts can best be made clear (and, it is hoped, satisfactorily settled) by giving under separate headings a brief outline of the life of each. It is a notable fact that all four of the earlier describers were young men, and at the time but just out of medical schools. The Historic Method in Investigation.—Some method, such as may be suggested by this heading, needs be found for turning to medical and scientific account the huge stores of material that of late years, and in this country at least, have been gathered and more or less S3'Stematized by our genealogical enthusiasts. Never and nowhere else in the world has an equal basis of collected material existed. Of course this should be collated \Vith other data. The allied class of facts in Who's Who has been made use of in certain ways. Part of the scheme of the present number is aimed in this direction. In the thirty-six 5'ears since Huntington's writing, little, if any knowledge has accumulated regarding the prevention or relief of the trouble he described. Time then to approach the matter on radically different lines. From its most m.arked feature, heredity, an historical order of investigation comes naturally first to mind. How much it may yield can not be predicted until it has been well tried. ***** To all those who have so courteously contributed articles or so kindly aided with information bearing on the subject, the Editor begs to express appreciation and obligation.