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History of Neurology

History of Neurology. Edward Peirson Richardson, JR. (1918 – 1998). Richard J. Barohn, MD Gertrude and Dewey Ziegler Professor of Neurology The University of Kansas Medical Center. Edward Peirson Richardson Jr., MD (1918-1998). From a long line of HMS scholars/faculty:

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History of Neurology

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  1. History of Neurology Edward Peirson Richardson, JR. (1918 – 1998) Richard J. Barohn, MD Gertrude and Dewey Ziegler Professor of Neurology The University of Kansas Medical Center

  2. Edward Peirson Richardson Jr., MD(1918-1998) • From a long line of HMS scholars/faculty: • Father & Paternal Grandfather Chiefs of MGH surgery • Mother: Clara Lee Shattuck; he was the 6th Shattuck physician & Shattuck street is where HMS is located • 1939 Harvard & 1943 HMS • 1944 – 1946: Served in WWII as a physician • 1946: MGH Psychiatry Resident under Dr. Stanley Cobb • 1947: Queens Square Neurology & Maudsley Hospital for Psychiatry • Queen Square-exposed to Dr. J. Goodwin Greenfield Neuropathology • 1949: MGH Asstistant to Dr. Charles Kubik in Neuropathology • 1951 – 1989: Neuropathology Lab Director • Worked with Adams, Miller Fisher, Castlemen, & Victor • Continued to work until a few months before his death from lymphoma • 1984: Bullard Professor of Neuropathology

  3. Edward Peirson Richardson Jr., MD(1918-1998) • MGH residents all did 1 year Neuropathology for many years & were trained by EPR • He taught Neuropathology courses at HMS for 2nd year medical students with RD Adams, MD & Alfred Pope, MD • Also taken by all Neuropathology trainees - Neurology and Path residents • Frequent contributor to Pathology section of NE Journal of Medicine & CPCs • Led Neuropathology teaching sessions/brain cutting during Tuesday evening conferences Neurology. 1967;17(8 Pt 2):22-5

  4. Edward Peirson Richardson Jr., MDMajor Contributions • Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy • Papers 1961 & 1988 • Described what was then a new entity • Corticobasal Degeneration. Arch Neurol 1968;18:20-33 • The myelopathy of pernicious anemia: A neuropathological reappraisal. ActaNeurol Scand. 1968;44:Suppl 5:1-36 • Granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system: Protean manifestations and response to treatment. 1988; 51(9): 1126–1133 • Granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system. Arch Neurol. 1968; 19:510-524 • The neurological manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus. Medicine. 1968 Jul;47(4):337-69 • Pathogenesis and evolution of periventricular leukomalacia in infancy. Arch Neurol. 1972;27:229-236 • Adreno-leukodystrophy (Sex-Linked Schilder Disease) Ultrastructural Demonstration of Specific Cytoplasmic Inclusions in the Central Nervous System. Arch Neurol. 1972;27:458-460 • Adrenoleukodystrophy: A clinical and pathological study of 17 cases. Arch Neurol. 1975; 32:577-591 • Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome. Arch Neurol. 1974 Jan;30(1):70-83 • Subacute diencephalic angioencephalopathy. J Neurol Sci. 1974;22:197-210

  5. Edward Peirson Richardson Jr., MDMajor Contributions (cont.) • Spinal epidural abscess. N Engl J Med. 1975 Sep 4;293(10):463-8 • Hypoxic-Ischemic Leukoencephalopathy in Man. Arch Neurol. 1976;33(1):5-14 • SubacuteSpongiformEncephalopathy: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Brain. 1978;101(2):333-344 • Subacute encephalomyelitis of AIDS and its relation to HTLV‐III infection. Neurology. 1987;37:562-569 • Selective sparing of a class of striatal neurons in Huntington's disease. Science. 1985;230:561-563 • Neuropathological classification of Huntington's disease. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 1985;44:559-577 • Clinical and neuropathologic assessment of severity in Huntington's disease. Neurology. 1988;38:341-347 • Pathology of the Peripheral Nerve (1995) • The Neurologic Illness of Eugene O'Neill. N Engl J Med. 2000;343:741-742

  6. Letter Written for Dr. Barohn from EP Richardson

  7. Pictures from Tyler Library RD Adams MD E.P. Richardson MD C Miller Fisher, MD Harvey Cushing MD

  8. Elliot Richardson(1920-1999) Who was Elliot Richardson???? • Former President of Harvard • Former Secretary of State • Former Attorney General • EP Richardson's Father Answer: C - Former Attorney General in 1973

  9. Elliot Richardson: What is he known for? • Allowed minority students in Harvard • Helped President Kennedy in Cuban Missile Crises • Fired by President Nixon in “Saturday Night Massacre” when he refused to fire Archibald Cox, the Watergate prosecutor • Nothing Answer: C - Fired by Nixon in “Saturday Night Massacre” when he refused to fire Archibald Cox, the Watergate prosecutor Also EP Richardson’s Brother

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