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NEUROLOGY 2006;66:1913-1916
© 2006 American Academy of Neurology
Historical Neurology

Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802)

Neurologist

Christopher Gardner-Thorpe, MD, FRCP, FACP and John Pearn, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRACP

From Exeter Neurosciences (C.G.T.), Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom and the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (J.P.), Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Christopher Gardner-Thorpe, Exeter Neurosciences, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford), Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK; e-mail: cgardnerthorpe{at}doctors.org.uk.

Erasmus Darwin was the founder of evolutionary biology, a renown poet, an inventor, and a general medical practitioner. Erasmus Darwin wrote specifically about the evolutionary and phylogenetic development of the nervous system, neuroembryology, psychiatric illness (including delusions and depression), and electrical therapy for childhood hemiplegia. He conducted experiments in neuro-ophthalmology and wrote about color vision, afterimages, the blind spot, and visual memory.

Received March 9, 2005. Accepted in final form December 20, 2005.




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