Mitchell's Influence on European Studies of Peripheral Nerve Injuries During World War I

J. Koehler, Peter; J. Lanska, Douglas

doi:10.1080/09647040490510498

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Mitchell's Influence on European Studies of Peripheral Nerve Injuries During World War I

Published in Journal of the History of the Neurosciences • Nov 15, 2004

Authors:

Peter J. Koehler

Douglas J. Lanska

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Describe the influence of S. Weir Mitchell's (1829-1914) work, and in particular his ideas on causalgia, on European physicians who treated peripheral nerve injuries during World War I (WWI). BACKGROUND: During the American Civil War (1861-1865), Mitchell studied peripheral nerve injuries...

Subject

Peripheral nerve

Peripheral

Neuroscience

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