The Development of Neuropathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

摘要

Few institutions have shaped neuropathology as a discipline as profoundly as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School. Their fascination over many decades is due to a unique accumulation of excellent, intellectually stimulating neurologists with a sincere interest in the morphologic and pathogenetic basis of nervous system diseases. Their approach was strictly case oriented and clinico‐pathological conferences were developed to the highest standard. In this review, the foundations of neuropathology in Boston are recounte