Abstract
The British neurophysiologist Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857–1952) was nicknamed “the William Harvey of the nervous system”. 1 British Medical JournalThe influence of Sherrington on clinical neurology. Br Med J. 1947; 2: 825-826 Crossref PubMed Scopus (3) Google Scholar He devoted much of his life to studying the nervous system, and this research culminated in the publication of The Integrative Action of the Nervous System. 2 Sherrington CS The Integrative Action of the Nervous System. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, USA1906 Google Scholar In this book, which raised the relevance of the study of the nervous system in medicine, Sherrington describes the results of many of his ingenious experiments. To explain his ideas and observations, Sherrington had to coin a few new words and concepts along the way, such as synapse, reflex, motor unit, proprioception, reciprocal inhibition, and dermatone.
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