HEAD, Sir Henry (1861 – 1940)

1889 CE

#947

On the regulation of respiration.

Demonstration of the action of the vagus in respiration.

1893 CE

#4581

On disturbances of sensation with especial reference to the pain of visceral disease.

“Head’s areas”, zones of hyperalgesia of skin, associated with visceral disease.

1900 CE

#4644

The pathology of herpes zoster and its bearing on sensory localisation.

Head and Campbell showed herpes zoster to be a hemorrhagic inflammation of the posterior nerve roots and the homologous spinal ganglia.

1905 CE

#1298

The afferent nervous system from a new aspect.

This paper opened up a new field in the study of the sensory functions of the skin, and the theories put forward in it dominated neurological thought until 1940.

1905 CE

#1299

The consequences of injury to the peripheral nerves in man.

1906 CE

#1374

The grouping of afferent impulses within the spinal cord.

1908 CE

#1302

A human experiment in nerve division.

Head submitted to the division of his own left radial and external cutaneous nerves. His subsequent study of the loss and restoration of sensation thus brought about, led to a reclassification of the sensory pathways.…

1911 CE

#1438.1

Sensory disturbances from cerebral lesions.

First systematic account of the functions of the thalamus and its relationship to the cerebral cortex. Reprinted in No. 1304.

1917 CE

#1376

The automatic bladder, excessive sweating and some other reflex conditions, in gross injuries of the spinal cord.

Classic studies on “spinal man”. Republished in book form, 1918.

1920 CE

#1304

Studies in neurology. By Henry Head in conjunction with W.H.R. Rivers, James Sherren, Gordon Holmes, Theodore Thompson, George Riddoch. 2 vols.

Reprint, with modifications and additions, of seven papers published in the journal Brain between 1905 and 1918. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1920 CE

#12592

The medical problems of flying. Including Reports Nos. I-VII of the Air Medical Investigation Committee. Privy Council Medical Research Council.

1926 CE

#4633

Aphasia and kindred disorders of speech. 2 vols.

Head’s theory of aphasia conceived the condition as being “a disorder of symbolic formulation and expression”.