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Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802): neurologist.

Gardner-Thorpe C, Pearn J

Exeter Neurosciences, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom. cgardnerthorpe@doctors.org.uk

Erasmus Darwin was the founder of evolutionary biology, a renown poet, an inventor, and a general medical practitioner. Erasmus Darwin wrote specifically about the evolutionary and phylogenetic development of the nervous system, neuroembryology, psychiatric illness (including delusions and depression), and electrical therapy for childhood hemiplegia. He conducted experiments in neuro-ophthalmology and wrote about color vision, afterimages, the blind spot, and visual memory.

Published 27 June 2006 in Neurology, 66(12): 1913-6.
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