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The End of a Roaring Decade of Neurology

Michael S. Okun, MD; Michelle Steinbach, MD

Arch Neurol. 2000;57:1370-1373.

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INTRODUCTION

The year 1929 marked the end of the Roaring Twenties, a colorful decade filled with jazz, the flapper, motion pictures, and radio. Herbert Hoover occupied the White House, and the world helplessly watched the American stock market tumble, setting in motion the Great Depression. Violent mob wars and the St Valentine's Day massacre made names like Al Capone and "Machine Gun" McGurn commonplace in every household. Mies Van der Rohe's international style of architecture became the modern contemporary look for American society. Also, 1929 marked the end of a decade of great discovery and innovation in neurology and the neurosciences. The myelogram, angiogram, electroencephalogram (EEG), and electromyogram were all introduced in a span of less than 10 years. In 1929, acetylcholine was isolated, and the first human EEG was performed. That same year, on July 1, the New York Times published an article . . . [Full Text of this Article]

SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES

1929: THE EEG

1929: THE ISOLATION OF ACETYLCHOLINE

1929: TREATMENT OF PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

1929: POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS

1929: AMERICAN NEUROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

From the Department of Neurology and Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

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