title: George Sigerson: Charcot's translator.
abstract: Senator George Sigerson (1836-1925), Dublin's first neurologist, was also a significant contributor to Anglo-Irish literature. His medical career and literary accomplishments are outlined, the focus of the article being Sigerson's friendly relationship with Charcot (with whom he corresponded), and whose Leçons sur les maladies du système nerveux he translated.
authors.affiliation: Department of the History of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lyons
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007494:Ireland; D008091:Literature / Q000266:history; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D014177:Translations