Charles Edward Beevor
Charles Edward Beevor (12 June 1854 – 5 December 1908) was an English
anatomist who described Beevor's sign, the Jaw jerk reflex, and the area of the brain supplied by the anterior choroidal artery. He also coined Beevor's axiom
that "the brain does not know muscles, only movements."
Biography
He was born in London to Charles Beevor, FRCS and Elizabeth (née Burrell) and educated at
Great Northern Central Hospital.[1]
In 1907, he became president of the Neurological Society. He was elected a Fellow of the
Croonian Lecture in 1903 On Muscular Movements and their Representation in the Central Nervous System.[2]
Publication
He published the Handbook on Diseases of the Nervous System in 1898.[3]
References
- S2CID 31320219.
- PMID 20760993.
- ^ "Beevor's Sign". European neurology. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- Pearce JM (2005). "Beevor's sign". Eur Neurol. 53 (4): 208–9. PMID 16015010.
- Tashiro K (2001). "Charles Edward Beevor (1854–1908)". J Neurol. 248 (7): 635–6. S2CID 31320219.
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