RIVERS, William Halse Rivers (1864 – 1922)

HEAD, Sir Henry (1861 – 1940) SHERREN, James (1872 – 1945) RIVERS, William Halse Rivers (1864 – 1922)

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.

HEAD, Sir Henry (1861 – 1940) RIVERS, William Halse Rivers (1864 – 1922)

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.…

HEAD, Sir Henry (1861 – 1940) THOMPSON, Harold Theodore (1878 – 1935) RIDDOCH, George (1888 – 1947)

HOLMES, Sir Gordon Morgan (1876 – 1965) SHERREN, James (1872 – 1945) RIVERS, William Halse Rivers (1864 – 1922)

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.

HEAD, Sir Henry (1861 – 1940)

FLACK, Martin William (1882 – 1931)

SHERRINGTON, Sir Charles Scott (1857 – 1952) RIVERS, William Halse Rivers (1864 – 1922)

BULLOCH, William (1868 – 1941) BIRLEY, James Leatham (1884 – 1934) & et al.

SMITH, Sir Grafton Elliot (1871 – 1937) RIVERS, William Halse Rivers (1864 – 1922)

Fitzpatrick Lectures 1915-16. Originally published in Lancet , 94, 59–65, 117–23.