[Developments in neurology from the 19th to the 20th century with special reference to various contributions from Switzerland].

Several modern concepts of the nervous system have developed since the last century: Their influence on modern neurology is traced by notes from biographies and the work of leading Swiss neurologists and neurobiologists. 1. Psychiatrists working in neuroanatomy: Auguste Forel, Constantin von Monakow, Bernhard Aloys von Gudden and Eduard Hitzig. 2. Anatomists who influenced the development of the "neurone-theory": Rudolf Albert von Kölliker and Wilhelm His Senior. 3. A practising physician developing "interactionism" as a basis for neurorehabilitation: Heinrich Simon Frenkel. 4. Behavioural aspects considered within a general framework of neurobiology: Walter R. Hess. 5. Neurosurgery: Hugo Krayenbühl.