Definitions of brain doctor
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a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
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synonyms:
neurologist
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Jean Martin Charcot
French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893)
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Harvery Williams Cushing
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939)
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Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing
German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902)
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Georges Gilles de la Tourette
French neurologist (1857-1904)
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Karl Wernicke
German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905)
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Thomas Willis
English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675)
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type of:
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medical specialist, specialist
practices one branch of medicine
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