Jackson
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Jackson was a renowned English neurologist who worked at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and London Hospital. His significant contributions included research on motor cortex localization, classification of brain centers, and cerebellum function, with Jacksonian epilepsy named after him.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
Jackson, John (John Hughlings Jackson, 1835-1911), famous English neurologist. The activity of J. took place in the London hospitals St. Bartholomew hospital and London hospital. The significance of J. is determined by brilliant works on the localization of motor centers of the cortex ("On the anatomical and physiological localisation of movements in the brain", Lancet, v. 1, 1873), on the classification and subordination of brain centers ("The Croonian lectures on evolution and dissolution of the nervous system", Brit. med. journ., v. 1, 1884) and on the function of the cerebellum (a series of works, 1880-1906). The name J. is given to the form of epilepsy described by him (see).
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“Jackson.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/jackson/