Open AccessSir William Withey Gull (1816–1890)
Author(s) -
John Pearce
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1421-9913
pISSN - 0014-3022
DOI - 10.1159/000091430
Subject(s) - polymath , queen (butterfly) , psychoanalysis , vitalism , medicine , art , psychology , zoology , art history , biology , pathology , alternative medicine , hymenoptera
William Gull, a man of humble origins, became one of the outstanding, polymath physicians of the 19th century, and physician to Queen Victoria. Among several important and original contributions, this paper summarises his work on myxoedema, paraplegia and anorexia nervosa.
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