Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

A treatise on nervous diseases.

Publication Details

London: Longman, 1820 CE–1823 CE.

“The earliest separate work on clinical neurology” (McHenry). Includes the Croonian lecture (1819) on apoplexy, and sections on palsy and epilepsy. The work includes the first history of neurological thought.

Browse Tags

Neurology & Psychiatry

Thematic Classifications

NEUROLOGY › Diseases of the Nervous System NEUROLOGY › History of Neurology

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#4519.2
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/379
External URL	a-treatise-on-nervous-diseases

Geographic Context

Publication place: London