Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2151

CONSTANTIN VON MONAKOW (1853-1930) Gehirnpathologie. A. Hölder 1897 ix, 924 pp., illus. (part col.), fold. plate, fold. table. 24.6 cm.

Born in Russia but spending most of his childhood and professional life in Zurich, Monakow was a rebellious youth and not especially promising as a student. Ousted from his home at seventeen, he decided upon a career in medicine. His studies led him to Bernhard Aloys von Gudden (1824-1886) in Munich whose investigations in neuropathology awakened Monakow's interest. After further study in Berlin he returned to Zurich where he set up a private practice and opened a research laboratory which later became part of the University of Zurich. Monakow was a prodigious worker who produced an extraordinary amount of writing in which can be found some of the most fundamental knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the brain. His studies of the visual and acoustic pathways, his description of the rubrospinal tract, and his exploration of human behavior in relation to neurobiology all helped to foster the emergence of neuropathology as a distinct field. Gehirnpathologie is one of the classics of nineteenth-century German neurology. In addition to the lucid text, it is well illustrated with numerous plates and tables and includes over 3,000 references to the literature.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.