WHYTT, Robert (1714 – 1766)
1714 – 1766
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1751 CE
#1381
An essay on the vital and other involuntary motions of animals.
Whytt, famous Edinburgh neurophysiologist, was the first to prove that the response of the pupils to light is a reflex action (“Whytt’s reflex”). He described this reflex at length and mentioned that…
1765 CE
#4841
Observations on the nature, causes, and cure of those disorders which have been commonly called nervous hypochondriac, or hysteric, to which are prefixed some remarks on the sympathy of the nerves.
“First important English work on neurology after Willis” (Garrison).
1768 CE
#4634
Observations on the dropsy in the brain.
The first account of the clinical course of tuberculous meningitis in children. This work is notable for its fullness of detail and its accuracy. Whytt divided the disease into three stages, according to the character…
1768 CE
#11733
The works of Robert Whytt, M.D. Late physician to his Majesty.... Published by his son.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.