Roberts Bartholow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRoberts Bartholow
American physician
Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1831
Place of Birth: New Windsor, Maryland, United States
Date of Death: 10-May-1904
Profession: neurologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Roberts Bartholow
- Roberts Bartholow or Robert Bartholow (November 28, 1831 – May 10, 1904) was an American physician and a professor at several American medical colleges.
- He is best known for his experiments involving a 30-year-old patient named Mary Rafferty.
- Rafferty was admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital in 1874 with a 2-inch-diameter (51 mm) hole in her skull caused by a cancerous ulcer.
- Bartholow experimented with applying current to Rafferty's exposed dura using needle electrodes.
- His report detailed the first observations of how electrical stimulation of the brain affects motor functions of the body, but many ethical concerns were raised about the way in which he carried out his experiments.
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| Alternative names | Frederic Gutekunst; F. Gutekunst | ||
| Description | American photographer and war photographer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 25 September 1831 | 27 April 1917 | |
| Location of birth/death | Germantown | Philadelphia | |
| Work period | 1856-1917 | ||
| Work location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
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