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Henry Head

British neurologist (1861–1940)

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Lived 1861–1940, aged 79United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited KingdomDoctorsDoctor
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    10 languages
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  • Era
    1861–1940
    Aged 79
  • Awards
    7
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-06-30

Sir Henry Head, FRS was an English neurologist who conducted pioneering work into the somatosensory system and sensory nerves. Much of this work was conducted on himself, in collaboration with the psychiatrist W. H. R. Rivers, by severing and reconnecting sensory nerves and mapping how sensation returned over time. Head-Holmes syndrome and Head-Riddoch syndrome are named after him.

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