Victor Horsley's contribution to the Foster Kennedy syndrome.
Although Foster Kennedy is the name given to the syndrome localizing an intracranial tumour with respect to papilloedema, it is important to recognize how Victor Horsley was one of the strongest proponents in the usefulness of that sign. Not only did he describe the constellation of findings before Kennedy did, he was also probably one of the people who had influenced Kennedy the most during the latter's time at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases at Queen Square. It is therefore appropriate that Victor Horsley's characterization in 1910 of the findings that were later recorded as the Foster Kennedy syndrome, and that his altruistic encouragement of Kennedy's publication of the findings, receive recognition and appreciation in the medical and historical community.
Demetriades
Andreas K
AK
Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK. andreas.demetriades@doctors.org.uk
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000266:history*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000266:history*