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The birth of American neurology and highlights from the first 100 years of the Philadelphia Neurological Society, 1884–1984

From the Department of Neurology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.

The Philadelphia Neurological Society was founded 100 years ago by Charles K. Mills, together with Wharton Sinkler, J.T. Eskridge, and Francis X. Dercum. S. Weir Mitchell was the first president and served for 5 additional years. American neurology was born in Philadelphia at the Orthopedic Hospital and the Infirmary for Nervous Diseases. The growth in neurology in this country is reflected in the activities of the Philadelphia Neurological Society.

Address reprint requests to Dr. B. Todd Troost, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, 300 South Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27103. 1326 NEUROLOGY 35 September 1985

*Lawrence C. McHenry died on February 22, 1985. His obituary was published in the August issue of Neurology.

Presented at the 100th Anniversary Banquet of the Philadelphia Neurological Society, College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, May 18, 1984.

Accepted for publication December 11, 1984.

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