1. History of Neurology Midwest Neurology Part II
A.B. Baker, MD
Russell DeJong, MD
Norman Allen, MD
Neurologic Organizations

2. Midwest Neurology - Minnesota Abe Bert Baker, MD (1908-1988)
B: Minnesota
BS, MD, PhD, and residency at U of Minnesota
PhD thesis on Hemorrhagic Encephabits
1946 Prof and Direction of the Division of Neurology at U of Minnesota
Chair till 1975
Poliomyelitis in the 40’s – national prominence introducing tracheostomy
1st President of AAN from
Began education courses at AAN
Books: Clinical Neurology
1st 3 volumes then 3 loose leaf volumes, then 4 loose leaf volumes, then electronic
Then ? gone

3. Baker’s Clinical Neurology ed Robert Joynt, MD “My” 3rd line of neurology textbooks: The Encyclopedia
1st Ed
17th Ed
29th Ed
Other Editions:
1955, 1962,

4. Midwest Neurology - Michigan Russell DeJong, MD (1907-1990)
B Ann Arbor, Michigan
U of Michigan undergrad, Med, & Res
Chairman of the Dept
Editor Neurology from inception (26 years)
Heavily influenced Neurology in USA
Book: The Neurologic Examination -1950
Based on lectures he gave at U of Michigan Med School
The most influential & read book on neurology exam
13 editions - (last was 2013, reissued & updated by William Campbell, MD)

5. Midwest Neurology - Ohio Norman Allen, MD (1925-1980)
Undergrad at U of Alabama; Emory
Harvard Med
Neuro resident/research fellow at Harvard at Boston City Hospital (Meritt, Lenox, Schwab, Adams)
Prof U of North Carolina
The Ohio State Univ, Director of Neurology Division
Chair of Internal Medicine, James Warren, said Allen created “instant neurology” by rapidly adding 5 faculty & 1st ever residents in neuro
Brought south best of Boston medicine
Detailed scholarly assessment of pt history & meticulous neurologic exams
Attended Medical ethics conference at Princeton
Came up with criteria for brain test at Ohio State
Died of Leukemia

6. Midwest Neurology - Ohio Norman Allen, MD Research and Publications
Basic research with Edward Shuttleworth, MD and Nancy Clendenon, MD
Beta-glucuronidase in:
Mucopolysaccharidosis
CSF marker for lymphoma. CSF B-Glucuronidase Assay in Diagnosis of Neoplastic Menigitis. Arch Neurol. 1980;37(11):
Developed model for study & Rx of brain tumors with colleagues in vet school
Dystonia responsive to levodopa, analysis of familial ALS
Neuro-genetic disorders - in Genetic Disorders of Man, 1970, with George Paulson
Methyl n-Butyl ketone neuropathy with Jerry Mendell
Toxic Polyneuropathy Due to Methyl n-Butyl Ketone. Arch Neurol. 1975;32(4):

7. Midwest Neurology - Ohio Norman Allen, MD Early Recruits in the 60’s & 70’s
Edward Shuttleworth, MD
Jerry Mendell, MD
George Paulson, MD
John Warmolts, MD
Zarife Sahenk, MD
OSU resident & fellow, faculty
Kottil Rammohan, MD
Jerry Mendell MD
Kottil Rammohan, MD
John Warmolts, MD
George Paulson, MD
Zarife Sahenk, MD

8. Midwest Neurology – Neurologic Organizations American Neurologic Association (ANA)
ANA Began in 1875
Hammond (NY), Seguin (NY), Putnam (Boston), Mitchell (Phil), Boudy (St. GR), Hun (Albany), Pepper (Phil), Wood (Phil)
James Stewart Jewell ( ) 1st president
Until recently, limited to senior Neurologists with publications and academic credentials

9. Midwest Neurology – Neurologic Organizations American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
AAN Began in 1948
Established so young Neurologists could have a society with educational programs
A resident at Univ. Michigan (Joseph Resch) in 1947 told A.B. Baker about need for education program
1st Meeting – 1948; French Lick, Indiana
AB Baker 1st President ( )

10. Midwest Neurology – Neurologic Organizations American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN)
ABPN began in 1934
Original members from American Psychiatry Association, ANA, Section of Nervous and Mental Disorders Forum of the AMA
Began exams in 1934
Established criteria for training