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Historical Bibliography Updated: January 25, 2020

The diagnosis of diseases of the spinal cord.

Publication Details

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1880 CE.

Gowers demonstrated the dorsal spinocerebellar tract, “Gowers’s tract”, and introduced the terms myotatic and knee-jerk, which he elicited with the rubber edge of his stethoscope or a percussion hammer.

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Entry Number#4562
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External URLthe-diagnosis-of-diseases-of-the-spinal-cord

Geographic Context

Publication place: London