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When botany inspired pathology of the peripheral nervous system
Stéphane Mathis1, Jean-Michel Vallat2, Joachim Weis2
1From the Department of Neurology (Nerve-Muscle Unit) (S.M.), "Grand Sud-Ouest" National Reference Center for neuromuscular disorders, ALS Center, University Hospital of Bordeaux (CHU Bordeaux), Pellegrin Hospital; Department and Laboratory of Neurology (J.-M.V.), National Reference Center for "rare peripheral neuropathies", University Hospital of Limoges (CHU Limoges), Dupuytren HospitalFrance; and Institute of Neuropathology (J.W.), RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany. stephane.mathis@chu-bordeaux.fr.
Abstract:
Medicine and botany are 2 distinct disciplines of "natural science," one focusing on humans, the other on plants. However, among the life sciences, both were quite close in earlier times. Moreover, the history of neuropathology, especially in the field of the peripheral nervous system, has been marked by many examples of "botanical images" used to describe certain histopathologic structures. We propose to better understand the reasons why neuropathologists used these botanical terms from a number of interesting anecdotes.
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