title: The neurological work of Artur Galcerán i Granés (1850-1919).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To analyze the neurological work of Artur Galcerán i Granés (Girona 1850-Barcelona 1919) founder of the Society of Psychiatry and Neurology of Barcelona in 1911.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a literature search using MEDLINE from the keywords"Galceran Granés" and "Society of Psychiatry and Neurology of Barcelona", using the doctoral thesis of M. G. Fabregas Camps: "History of Neurology in Catalonia. From 1882 to 1949 ", and original historical bibliographical sources of the Library of the Academy of Sciences Mèdiques de Catalunya i Balears.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Artur Galcerán i Granés was a disciple of the school of psychiatry of Dr. Joan Giné i Partagàs. His highlighting neurological work was: 1) "Some static and dynamic inferences about the brain, which may serve to clarify the concept of localization", 2) "Treatment of epilepsy" and 3) "Neuropathology and General Psychiatry". He was editor of "Archivos de Terapeútica de las enfermedades nerviosas y mentales" and "Anales de la Sociedad de Psiquiatría y Neurología". He was director of the mental asylum in Sant Boi of Llobregat and Pere Mata of Reus. In 1911 he founded the first Catalan and Spanish neurological society in Barcelona.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The neurological work of Artur Galcerán i Granes is remarkable and significant. He was the founder of the first Catalan and Spanish neurological society: The Society of Psychiatry and Neurology of Barcelona in 1911, the forerunner of the Catalan Society of Neurology.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Enfermedades Vasculares Cerebrales, Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitari del Sagrat Cor, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 　aarboix@hscor.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arboix
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Fabregas
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016239:MEDLINE; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history; D012952:Societies; D013030:Spain; D000078329:Workforce