Dr. Niko Selak (1862-1891)--pioneer of Croatian neurology (on the hundredth anniversary).
Dr. Niko Selak (Dubrovnik, 1862--Zagreb, 1891) was a district medical officer in Jastrebarsko, town medical officer and hospital director in Koprivnica, pioneer of Croatian neurology, ophthalmology, medical photography, application of hypnosis in medicine, and the author of the first manual of forensic medicine in Croatia. Among his articles dealing with neurology are those dealing with luetic gumma of the brain, tabes cervicodorsalis, Aran-Duchenne muscular atrophy, bulbar paralysis, etc.
Clinical Hospital Center, Zagreb.
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