Clinical Neuromythology VIII Upper and lower motor neuron

The concept, lacking only the word «neuron», was introduced by W.R. Gowers in 1886, in his Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System. 1 Waldeyer's Neuron Doctrine came 5 years later, in 1891. Gowers' Manual was published in 2 volumes: I, Diseases of the Nerves and Spinal Cord, and II, Diseases of the Brain and Cranial Nerves