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One month before the death of his father James Edwin was admitted as privileged private patient at the newly opened Park House Asylum, Middlesex, and in 1855 he moved to the
Earlwood Asylum for the Feeble-Minded in Redhill. Here he died on 27 September 1860 from tuberculosis (consumption), at the age
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C'est pourquoi, dans la suite l'ouvrage et sans prejuger de l'avenir, parlerons-nous de 'Encéphalopathie myoclonique infantile avec
Hypsarythmie' pour l'affection en cause. Pour en désigner le sigle, nous utiliserons: EMIH, excepté lorsque nous nous référerons à l'aspect historique du problème, où
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And it is why, in the remainder of this work, without making judgments about future developments in progress, we should use the term
Infantile Myoclonic Encephalopathy with Hypsarrhythmia to designate this illness, except when referring to the historical aspects of this problem, we should then
218:(11.3 liters ). The patient recovered well, and the cyst was placed on display at the Museum of Guy's Hospital. His colleague and friend, John Gorham published later about several of the ovariotomies performed by West.
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193:. A year after his marriage his first daughter, Julia, was born. In 1836 a son, William Robert, was born. His third child, James Edwin, who was the object of the description of the
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Nj, Pies (2002). "New genealogical and medical aspects of the late
William James West of Tonbridge. Eponymous in epilepsy and pioneer in ovariotomy".
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Pies, Norbert J.; Beardsmore, Clive W. (2003). "West & West syndrome--a historical sketch about the eponymous doctor, his work and his family".
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West & West - Eine biographische Studie ĂĽber
William James West (1794-1848) und James Edwin West (1840-1860). Mit Geleiworten von Prof. Dr. Dr.
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History of four cases of eclampsia nutans, or the 'salaam' convulsions of infancy, with suggestions as to its origin and future treatment
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Case of compound fracture of the cranium, Accompanied with Hernia
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West was working quite successfully as a general practitioner and surgeon in Tonbridge. In 1837 West published in
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Nj, Pies (1990). "Some biographical notes on William James West (1794-1848) & James Edwin West (1840-1860)".
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Gorham, John (1839). "Observations on the propriety of extirpating the cyst in some cases of ovarian dropsy".
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William James West was son of Reverend William West and his wife Elizabeth Lomax and was baptised in
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Ford, John M. T. (2003). "William James West (1794-1848): abdominal surgeon and distraught father".
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