キニア=ウィルソン

Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson

キニア=ウィルソンは，後にウィルソン病といわれる進行性レンズ核変性症を発表し，錐体外路研究のパイオニアと見なされる。彼の神経症候学は若い頃に見学したマリー，バビンスキー，ジャクソンの臨床観察を基礎としている。現症の本質は何かを考えながら診察することこそ神経症候学であり，神経学の魂である。彼の魂がどのように形成されていったのかを紐解きながらその半生を紹介する。

Abstract

Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson is considered a pioneer in extrapyramidal system research largely due to his dissertation on progressive lenticular degeneration, later known as "Wilson's Disease". His concept of neurological symptomatology was based on the clinical observations of Pierre Marie, Joseph Babinski and John Hughlings Jackson, who he observed when he was young. To keep focusing on the nature of actual symptoms while performing medical examinations is the essence of neurological symptomatology, which in turn form the spirit of neurology. This paper will discuss major events in Wilson's later life that would explain how his basic idea for neurological symptomatology was eventually formed.