History of Neurology
Hosted by Jake Sossamon, a neurology resident at Stanford University, this podcast explores the human drama and discoveries behind neurological syndromes and eponyms used in clinical practice. It traces the evolution of neurology from wartime breakthroughs to landmark laboratory insights, bridging the gap between historical archives and modern clinical challenges. Each episode concludes with an AI-assisted segment that brings neurological pioneers into the 21st century to comment on current breakthroughs.
Episodes
The 28 Lines that Changed Neurology: On Babinki's Reflex
In this episode, we travel to late 19th-century Paris to meet a Polish-French neurologist who stood at the center of a medical revolution: a favorite student of the "Napoleon of the Salpêtrière" who was nearly cast out of medicine. He was a master of physical diagnosis and gave us the clinical reflex that differentiated a malady of the mind from a malady of the brain with the scratch of a key. We’
James Parkinson the Paleontologist
Before he was a household name in neurology, James Parkinson was a man of dangerous secrets and ancient stones. In this episode, we travel to 19th-century London to meet a surgeon who lived a triple life: a political radical nearly executed for a plot against the King, a world-renowned pioneer of paleontology, and a community doctor who identified a "shaking palsy" by simply watching his neighbors
The 'L' is Not Silent: The Secret History of Guillain-Barré
"We’ve been saying it wrong for a century."In this episode, we deconstruct the wartime discovery and the linguistic mystery of Guillain-Barré-Strohl Syndrome. From the trenches of the Somme to the lecture halls of the Salpêtrière, we explore how a name became a brand and who was left behind in the process.Primary Sources & Further Reading:The Original 1916 Paper: Guillain G, Barré JA, Strohl A
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