Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

A treatise on nervous diseases.

London: Longman, 1820 –1823.

“The earliest separate work on clinical neurology” (McHenry). Includes the Croonian lecture (1819) on apoplexy, and sections on palsy and epilepsy. The work includes the first history of neurological thought.

Facet Tags

Neurology & Psychiatry

Subjects

NEUROLOGY › Diseases of the Nervous System NEUROLOGY › History of Neurology

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#4519.2
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/379
External URL	a-treatise-on-nervous-diseases

Geographic Context

Publication place: London