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Neurology Was There in the 1930s
Richard Satran, MD
Arch Neurol. 2001;58:1017-1019.
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INTRODUCTION
The years of the Great Depression resulted in unparalleled worldwide
disaster. Dictatorial centralization of power occurred most notably in Germany
when Hitler and his Nationalist Socialist Party took control of the government.
In the United States in 1933, unemployment was estimated at 12 million people,
and all social groups experienced the consequence of economic catastrophe.1 Payment to physicians was least in the order of priority
of those able to pay their bills. During the Depression years, neurology was
there.
NEUROLOGY TRAINING AND THE AMERICAN BOARD
The teaching of neurology had increased. In the 76 Flexner-approved
medical schools, neuroanatomy was consistently taught in the preclinical years;
however, instruction in neuropathology was variable.2
Clinically focused lectures were part of the curriculum, and elective courses
were offered in the third and fourth years. The most enduring teaching of
neurology occurred in neurology units or departments with effective enthusiastic
teachers who stressed observation and the technique of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
NEUROLOGY AND GOVERNMENT POLICY
NEUROLOGICAL STUDIES AND TREATMENT
NEUROPSYCHOSURGERY
TOWARD THE NEXT DECADE
From the Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical School,
Rochester, NY.
Corresponding author and reprints: Richard Satran, MD, Department
of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, NY 14642.
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