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. 2004 Mar;29(2):181-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2003.08.016.

Silas Weir Mitchell, MD: the physician who discovered causalgia

Frank H Lau  1 , Kevin C Chung
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Silas Weir Mitchell, MD: the physician who discovered causalgia

Frank H Lau et al. J Hand Surg Am. 2004 Mar.

Abstract

Silas Weir Mitchell discovered and treated causalgia, a condition most often encountered by hand surgeons. He is considered the father of neurology as well as an early pioneer in scientific medicine. He was also a psychiatrist, toxicologist, author, poet, and a celebrity in America and Europe. His many skills and interests led his contemporaries to consider him a genius on par with Benjamin Franklin. His contributions to medicine and particularly hand surgery continue to resonate today.

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