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Symptomatology of cerebellar tumours; a study of forty cases. by T. Grainger Stewart (Registrar) and Gordon Holmes (Resident Medical Officer, National Hospital, Queen Square, London). Brain 1904; 27: 522591. with The symptoms of acute cerebellar injuries due to gunshot injuries. by Gordon Holmes. Brain 1917; 40: 461535. with The cerebellum of man. by Gordon Holmes. Brain 1939; 62: 130.
Gordon Holmes, about whom Ian McDonald provides additional biographical and scientific details elsewhere in this issue, counts among the few trail-blazers who shaped neurology as a medical discipline. To begin with, Holmes structured the neurological examination, more or less in the way it is performed today, as carried out almost anywhere in the world (Holmes G. Introduction to clinical neurology. Edinburgh: E & S Livingstone; 1946). Among his many specific contributions to neurology, those on the cerebellum and the visual cortex stand out. Most of this study resulted from his
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