title: VladimirMikhailovic Bekhterev (1857-1927): strange circumstances surrounding the death of the great Russian neurologist.
abstract: The famous Russian neurologist Vladimir Mikhailovic Bekhterev (1857-1927) was ordered to examine Josef Stalin in December 1927 during the First All-Russian Neurological Congress in Moscow. Returning to the Congress after his consultation he told some colleagues that he had 'examined a paranoiac with a dry, small hand'. The next day, Bekhterev died and only his brain was examined postmortem, the body being cremated the same day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Rehabilitation Centre, Valens, Switzerland. kesselring.klival@spin.ch
authors.forename: Jürg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kesselring
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D012426:Russia; D012613:Sculpture