Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2037

WILHELM HEINRICH ERB (1840-1921) Handbuch der Elektrotherapie. F. C. W. Vogel 1882 vii, 738 pp., illus. 21.4 cm.

Of the many German neurologists who flourished during the later 1800s, the most significant figure was Wilhelm Heinrich Erb. Primarily known for the advances he made in identifying, classifying, and treating the muscular dystrophies, many of which still bear his name, Erb also pioneered in the use of electricity in the diagnosis and treatment of nervous disorders. This work on electrotherapy contains first descriptions of several nervous disorders and was written while Erb was professor of neurology at the University of Heidelberg, a post he held for some twenty-seven years.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.