title: James R. Learmonth: the first peripheral nerve surgeon.
abstract: The life and education of James R. Learmonth are reviewed. His experimental and clinical activities place him historically as the first surgeon to devote himself to peripheral nerve surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Dellon
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Amadio
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000601:surgery*; D012606:Scotland