title: [50th anniversery of neurology in Berne].
abstract: In 1958 a neurological section of the internal medicine was founded. Eight years late it became an independent department. After a very modest start neurology developped to an important and renowned institution. This development was favoured by the increasing importance of the neurosciences. From 1958 until his premature death in 1960 Bernese neurology was directed by Rolf Magun. From 1962 to 1990 it was headed by Marco Mumenthaler and since then by Christian W. Hess.
authors.affiliation: Neurologie FMH, Zürich. mumenthaler33@bluewin.ch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mumenthaler
authors.forename: H-P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Ludin