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Henry Head

British neurologist (1861-1940) · United Kingdom · Doctors · Died at 79

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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.

A life in dates

1940Died8 October 19401931Honorary Doctorate from the University of StrasbourgAward1921Croonian Medal and LectureAward1908Royal MedalAward1901Goulstonian LecturesAward1861Born4 August 1861

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Honorary Doctorate from the University of Strasbourg1931
Croonian Medal and Lecture1921
Royal Medal1908
Goulstonian Lectures1901
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London
Knight Bachelor
Moxon Medal

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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.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1861 to 1940 · aged 79

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