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Irwin A. Brody, MD; Robert H. Wilkins, MD

Arch Neurol. 1969;21(4):442.

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ERB'S description of paralysis of the upper portion of the brachial plexus is remembered mainly for its postscript. As an after-thought to his discussion, Erb noted that birth trauma is one of the causes of such paralysis, and the term Erb's (or more properly Duchenne-Erb's) palsy now usually refers to this phenomenon.

Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840 to 1921) was the foremost German neurologist of his time and the first neurologist to wield a reflex hammer.¹ His original account of the tendon reflexes² advanced the art of neurologic diagnosis and was a great stimulus to physiologic research. Erb also pioneered in applying electrodiagnosis and electrotherapy to neurology, and it was he who first described the "reaction of degeneration" of muscle.³ Not the least of Erb's accomplishments was his successful campaign to introduce neurologic instruction into the curriculum at Heidelberg.⁴ He thus gained a place . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Durham, NC

From the Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Duke University Medical Center and the Durham Veterans Administration Hospital, Durham, NC.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Dec 2, 1968; accepted Dec 4.

Reprint requests to the Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27706 (Dr. Wilkins).

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