The neurologic content of S. Weir Mitchell's fiction

@article{Louis2006TheNC,
  title={The neurologic content of S. Weir Mitchell's fiction},
  author={Elan D. Louis and Stacy S. Horn and Lisa Anne Roth},
  journal={Neurology},
  year={2006},
  volume={66},
  pages={403 - 407}
}
Background: Silas Weir Mitchell (1829 to 1914), one of the most important neurologists in American Medicine, was known for his seminal work on the phantom limb syndrome, causalgia, and nerve injuries. He was also a prolific writer of novels and short stories. The neurologic content of this fiction has not been studied. Objective: To assess the extent that references to neurologic topics were present in Mitchell's fiction, whether these neurologic references reflected Mitchell's scientific… Expand
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Silas Weir Mitchell's essential tremor
  • E. Louis
  • Psychology, Medicine
  • Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society
  • 2007
TLDR
It is concluded that Silas Weir Mitchell had a familial action tremor that began when he was in his early 40's and worsened considerably with age and the likely diagnosis was essential tremor. Expand
Mitchell, Silas Weir
Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914) was a preeminent American neurologist of the nineteenth century. He made seminal contributions to our understanding of the symptomatology and consequences of injuries… Expand
“The Conviction of its Existence”: Silas Weir Mitchell, Phantom Limbs and Phantom Bodies in Neurology and Spiritualism
In 1866, the American neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell anonymously (and, in his account, unwittingly) published a fictional account entitled ‘The Case of George Dedlow’ in the Atlantic Monthly.1… Expand
[Neurological diseases in the Dalton Trevisan's short stories].
TLDR
The fictional World of the famous Brazilian writer Dalton Trevisan is punctuated by everyday routine facts, which are however flavored with the tragic-grotesque touch so peculiar to the author. Expand
Silas Weir Mitchell on Epilepsy Therapy in the Late 19th to Early 20th Centuries
  • D. Burkholder, C. Boes
  • Medicine
  • Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
  • 2014
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His most widely accepted contribution to the field was the introduction of inhaled amyl nitrite for early termination of seizures accompanied by an appropriate aura, despite the prevalent views on lifestyle modification as a treatment for epilepsy during this time period. Expand
The representation of movement disorders in fictional literature
  • H. Voss
  • Medicine, Psychology
  • Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • 2012
TLDR
This review considers novels, plays and poems dealing with movement disorders in order to show the relevance in the literary context and compares motifs according to Parkinson syndromes, dystonia, myoclonus, tics, hemifacial spasm, Tourette syndrome, Huntington's disease and hyperekplexia. Expand
Asylum Reform and the Great Comeuppance of 1894-or Was It?
  • K. Weiss
  • Political Science, Medicine
  • The Journal of nervous and mental disease
  • 2011
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Although S. Weir Mitchell is often credited with delivering psychiatry a wake-up call, it is equally feasible that he was merely channeling the organic reforms from within the profession. Expand

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It is a little presumptuous on my part to record what has been better and more learnedly told by others, the life and the contributions of S. Weir Mitchell, but I am grateful for this opportunity to retell the story of one of the authors' noted forebears in neurology and to draw some inspiration and a few parallels from the creative life of a doctor, a scientist, a poet and novelist, and, what appeals to me most strongly, a humanist. Expand
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