NEUROLOGY 1 



Since the dawn of scientific medicine the neurology 

 of France has been preeminent, sometimes almost to the 

 point of isolation. And the present maintains the tra- 

 ditions of the past. Now, as formerly, productivity in 

 this department is largely concentrated in Paris. Unless 

 it be on account of some sporadic activity (such as the 

 work in hypnotism at Nancy thirty years ago), the 

 student of nervous diseases will have no occasion to go 

 elsewhere. In the Capital the science and art of neurol- 

 ogy flourish as on no other soil. Enormous hospitals 

 and infirmaries furnish clinical and pathological material 

 without parallel, and here are more men of parts actively 

 engaged in neurological work than in any other city of the 

 world. The Societe de Neurologic de Paris is the best, 

 the best organized, and the most active neurological 

 society in existence. There are numerous laboratories 

 where research work is constantly prosecuted; there 

 are regular courses covering the various aspects of 

 neurology; during vacation periods there are short 

 courses for graduates; and there is a medical library of 

 160,000 volumes. Added to this, there is a policy of 

 freedom, a ready accessibility, and a personal welcome 

 such as are found in no other great medical center of 

 Europe. 



In presenting a brief outline of the opportunities for 

 graduate work in neurology we may assume that the 



1 [Drafting Committee: HUGH T. PATRICK, Northwestern Univer- 

 sity; MORTON PRINCE, Tufts College. ED.] 



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