Henry Head, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Head

British neurologist

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1861

Place of Birth: Stoke Newington, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Oct-1940

Profession: psychiatrist, neurologist, physiologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Henry Head

  • Sir Henry Head, FRS (4 August 1861 – 8 October 1940) was an English neurologist who conducted pioneering work into the somatosensory system and sensory nerves.
  • Much of this work was conducted on himself, in collaboration with the psychiatrist W.
  • H.
  • R.
  • Rivers, by severing and reconnecting sensory nerves and mapping how sensation returned over time.
  • Head-Holmes syndrome and Head-Riddoch syndrome are named after him.

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