William Richard Gowers
Sir William Richard Gowers (born March 20, 1845 in London , † May 4, 1915 ibid) was a British neurologist. Bear his name
- the Gowers sign , also called the Gowers maneuver , a typical finding in patients with progressive muscular dystrophy , as well
- the anterior spinocerebellar tract ( Gower's bundle ).
biography
Gowers was the son of William Gowers and his wife Ann Venables. After graduating from the Christ Church School in Oxford , Gowers began to study medicine at University College London . There he became a student a. a. by Sir William Jenner .
In 1875 Gowers married Mary Baines. With her he had two daughters and two sons; including the writer Ernest Gowers . In 1897 Gowers was knighted. Sir William Richard Gowers died on May 4, 1915 in London at the age of 70.
One of his great-great-grandsons is the mathematician William Timothy Gowers (* 1963).
Works in German translation
- Diagnosis of diseases of the spinal cord . 3. Edition. Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, 1885. 296 pages.
- Lecture on the diagnosis of brain diseases . (Lectures on the diagnosis of diseases of the brain.) Freiburg: Mohr, 1886. 296 pages.
- A case of spinal cord tumor with healing by extirpation . (A case of tumor of the spinal cord.) Berlin: Hirschwald, 1889. 71 pages.
- Manual of Nervous Diseases . (A manual of diseases of the nervous system.) Bonn: Cohen, 1892. 3 volumes.
- The ophthalmoscopy in internal medicine. Leipzig and Vienna: Frank Deuticke, 1893.
- Syphilis and nervous system. (Syphilis and the nervous system.) Berlin: Karger, 1893. 85 pages.
- Epilepsy . (Epilepsy and other chronic convulsive diseases.) 2nd edition. Leipzig: Deuticke, 1902. 336 pages.
- The frontier area of epilepsy. (The border-land of epilepsy.) Leipzig: Deuticke, 1908. 116 pages.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gowers, William Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British neurologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1915 |
| Place of death | London |