Open AccessFrederick Batten (1865-1918): father of paediatric neurology
Author(s) -
Jms Pearce
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advances in clinical neuroscience and rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2397-267X
pISSN - 1473-9348
DOI - 10.47795/ekaw4397
Subject(s) - batten disease , neurology , degeneration (medical) , medicine , pediatrics , disease , psychiatry , pathology
Frederick Batten made many major contributions to neurology and rehabilitation. He was one of a group of eminent physicians at Queen Square in the Edwardian period and devoted his energies to paediatric neurology. Amongst many published works his papers on familial ‘Cerebral degeneration with symmetrical changes in the maculae’ (Batten’s disease), subacute combined degeneration of the cord, and dystrophia myotonica are highlighted and summarised.