The neurology in Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare's 37 plays and poetry contain many references of interest for almost all of the medical specialties. To support that the Bard could be considered a Renaissance neurologist, the following important neurological phenomena have been selected from his repertoire for discussion: tremors, paralysis and stroke, sleep disturbances, epilepsy, dementia, encephalopathies, and the neurology of syphilis.
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Department of Neurology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Panorama City, Calif 91402.
D004324:Drama / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000266:history; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D012890:Sleep