title: Theodore Brown Rasmussen (1910-2002).
abstract: Dr. Theodore Rasmussen was a Canadian neurosurgeon, neurologist, and neuropathologist who primarily specialized in the treatment and histopathology of epilepsy. In addition to his eponym, "Rasmussen syndrome", a chronic form of encephalitis accompanied by epilepsy, his contributions included the refinement of neurosurgical techniques, thoroughly cataloguing outcomes following surgery for epilepsy, and cortical mapping studies conducted with Dr. Wilder Penfield.
authors: Departments of Community Health Sciences and History, Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive N.W., Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada, fwstahni@ucalgary.ca.
authors: Frank W
authors: FW
authors: Stahnisch
authors: Amy S
authors: AS
authors: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002170:Canada; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*