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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Affection encéphalique (encéphalite diffuse probable) localisée aux étages supérieurs des pédoncules cérébraux et aux couches optiques.

Publication Details

Arch. Physiol. Norm. path., 2 sér., 2, 341-51. 1875 CE.

First description of acute superior hemorrhagic polioencephalitis. Called also “Wernicke’s encephalopathy”, following the latter’s description in his Lehrbuch der Gehirnkrankheiten, Kassel, 1881, 2, 229-42.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#4641
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/710
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLaffection-encphalique-encphalite-diffuse-probable-localise-aux-tages-suprieurs-des-pdoncules-crbraux-et-aux-couches-optiques