Abstract
The First International Neurological Congress took place in 1931 in Berne, Switzerland, convening among >800 participants were many of the best-known neurologists and neuroscientist of that time. It had a great impact on the acknowledgement and acceptance of neurology as a specialized field in medicine and led to the formation of University Chairs and Neurological Societies in various countries.
Highlights
The First International Congress of Neurology, held in 1931 in Bern, Switzerland, led to an early globalization of neurology
In the summer of 1927, two prominent neurologists met in Bad Gastein, Austria: Bernard Sachs (1858– 1944), Vice President of the American Neurological Association (ANA) and Otto Marburg (1874–1948) from Vienna
On February 18, 1928, the ANA wrote a letter to the “international community”: The council of the American Neurological Association finds the present time opportune to propose an International Neurological Congress to be held in late summer of 1931 . . . Pleased as the American Neurologists would be to receive their Colleagues in the United States, they believe that a larger attendance would be secured if the International Congress were held in some centrally located and accessible country such as Switzerland or Holland.[12,13]
Summary
The First International Congress of Neurology, held in 1931 in Bern, Switzerland, led to an early globalization of neurology. Neurologists must recognize that they have learned a great deal, in a domain where they had much to discover, that of war neurology.[5,6]
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