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Robert Whytt (1714–1766) was a
Scottish physician. His work, on
unconscious reflexes,
tubercular meningitis,
urinary bladder stones, and hysteria, is...
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Spinal shock was
first explored by
Robert Whytt in 1750 as a loss of
sensation accompanied by
motor paralysis with
initial loss but
gradual recovery of...
- the work and
research of many
neurologists such as
Thomas Willis,
Robert Whytt,
Matthew Baillie,
Charles Bell,
Moritz Heinrich Romberg,
Duchenne de Boulogne...
- medicine. A
detailed description was
given by the
Scottish physician Robert Whytt in 1765, and the term "gelastic seizure" was
coined in 1898 by the French...
- "dropsy in the brain", is
often attributed to
Edinburgh physician Sir
Robert Whytt in a
posthumous report that
appeared in 1768,
although the link with tuberculosis...
- and the
Seven Dwarfs pencil holders; and a 1765
medical book by
Robert Whytt. Also, Rick and
Chumlee visit a shoe
collector friend of the former's in...
- César-François C****ini de Thury,
French astronomer (died 1784)
September 6 –
Robert Whytt,
Scottish physician (died 1766)
October 16 –
Giovanni Arduino,
Italian geologist...
- part in the
Pentland Rising Patrick Wilson (1798–1871),
architect Robert Whytt (1714–1766),
physician and
president of the
Royal College of Physicians...
- Jean
Whytt (1750–1833) and John
Balfour of
Pilrig (1740–1814). His
mother was from
Bennochy Lodge near Kirkcaldy, Fife, the
daughter of Dr
Robert Whytt, Professor...
- history. His Ph.D.
thesis on the
career of the
Scottish physician Robert Whytt was
supervised by
Alistair Cameron Crombie. As a postdoc,
French was a research...
