Raymond Adams: A Life of Mind and Muscle

336 Pages·2009·5.89 MB·English

by  Robert Laureno MD

Raymond Adams
RaymondD.AdamsatbraincuttingconferenceintheMalloryInstituteofPathologyat
BostonCityHospital.
Raymond Adams
A Life of Mind and Muscle
robert laureno, md
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2009
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CONTENTS
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
ChronologicHighlights xxi
1 ThePhenomenonofRaymondD.Adams 3
TheMan 3
TheNeurologist 8
TheTeacherandChairman 9
2 EducationandProfessionalEndeavors 19
ABoyinOregon 19
TheUniversityofOregon:FindingHisGame 23
InAlltheSplendor:TheStudyofMedicineatDukeUniversity 28
NeurologyResidency:MassachusettsGeneralHospital 36
PsychiatryFellowship:MassachusettsGeneralHospital 40
PsychiatryFellowship:AYearwithEugenKahnatYale 45
BostonCityHospital:1941–1951 51
ReturntoMassachusettsGeneralHospital:TheEarlyYears,1951–1954 59
SabbaticalYearinEurope1954–1955 64
TheBullardProfessor:MassachusettsGeneralHospital1954–1977 71
BuildingPediatricNeurology 82
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3 InvestigationandIdeas 91
MetabolicDiseases 91
Alcoholism 97
Memory 105
CerebrovascularDiseases 109
InfectiousDiseases 114
DemyelinativeDiseasesandNeuro-immunology 122
PeripheralNerveDiseases 128
MuscleDiseases 133
Hydrocephalus 140
PathologicandClinicopathologicConcepts 143
Writing 147
OrientingIdeasinNeurology 150
4 Family,Retirement,andOldAge 155
FamilyLife 155
RetirementandOldAge 159
5 MajorOriginalContributions 165
NeoplasticDiseases 165
CerebrovascularDiseases 166
DemyelinativeDiseases 168
MuscleDiseases 170
NerveDiseases 172
InfectiousDiseases 174
Hydrocephalus 176
LiverDiseases 176
AlcoholWithdrawal 179
NutritionalDiseases 180
OtherMetabolicDisorders 181
MemoryDisorders 181
MovementDisorders 182
Neuro-ophthalmicDisorders 183
MiscellaneousContributions 183
6 MajorBooksofRaymondD.Adams 185
7 AccomplishmentandLegacyofRaymondAdams 187
MuscleDiseases 188
CerebrovascularDiseases 188
PeripheralNeuropathies 189
DemyelinativeDiseasesandNeuroimmunology 189
MetabolicDiseases 190
Contents ix
DementiaandMemoryDisorders 190
Anatomy 191
ClinicalTeaching 191
PrinciplesofNeurology 192
BuilderofInstitutions 193
ExpansionofNeurology 193
Psychiatry 194
PediatricNeurology 195
Greatness 197
8 Epilogue 199
9 Appendices 201
AppendixA:InterviewwithMauriceVictor,Boston,
Massachusetts,2000 201
AppendixB:DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofOregon 207
AppendixC:CorrespondenceofFredericW.Hanes,MD,
Chairman,DepartmentofMedicine,DukeUniversity,relatedto
RaymondAdams 208
AppendixD:RockefellerFoundationCorrespondenceRelatedto
RaymondAdams 213
AppendixE:NominationfortheBullardProfessorship 216
AppendixF:AnnouncementforNeurologyResidencyApplicantsto
MassachusettsGeneralHospital,1962 221
AppendixG 225
ReportontheNeurologyServiceoftheMassachusettsGeneralHospital 225
AppendixH:SelectedDedicationsandTributes 232
AppendixI:FamilyInformation 234
AppendixJ:CorrespondenceAbouttheOriginoftheTerm“Asterixis” 235
AppendixK:TheLongShadowofCerebralLocalization 237
AppendixL:ConcerningCertainPsychologicalPrinciples 238
Index 251