title: Neurological contributions from William Osler.
abstract: William Osler was one of the most remarkable clinicians worldwide, and his teachings in medical practice remain until the present days. Although Osler had never considered himself a neurologist, he contributed with clinical and pathological descriptions of numerous neurological diseases. He performed more than 800 autopsies studies of the nervous system and published over 200 articles in the field of Neurology. In this article, we described the main neurological contributions from William Osler.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Division of General Neurology and Ataxias, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo SP, Brazil. jlpedroso.neuro@gmail.com
authors.forename: José Luiz
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pedroso
authors.forename: Orlando Graziani Povoas
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Barsottini
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*