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Bernard Sachs (January 2, 1858 – February 8, 1944) was an American neurologist.
May 31, 2017 · Bernard Sachs studied nervous system disorders in children in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In the late 1880s, Sachs described the fatal genetic neurological disorder called amaurotic family idiocy, later renamed Tay-Sachs disease.
Waren Tay and Bernard Sachs, two physicians of the late 19th century described the progression of the disease precisely and provided differential diagnostic criteria to distinguish it from other neurological disorders with similar symptoms.
Bernard Sachs, called “The Dean of Neurology” at the turn of the century, was the first to describe the clinical picture of "amaurotic family idiocy" (Tay-Sachs disease). He was twice elected to the presidency of the American Neurological Association, at ages 36 and 74.
Jan 25, 2020 · Bernard Sachs entered Harvard University at age 16, where he came in contact with the philosopher William James (1842–1910). He graduated in 1878 with a BA cum laude, winning the Bowdoin Prize. Influenced by James, Sachs decided to study medicine to better understand the “intricacies of the mind.”
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Sep 30, 2012 · Bernard Sachs (1858-1944) In 1881 the British ophthalmologist Warren Tay linked the presence of a cherry-red spot located in the retina to symptoms of physical and mental decline. Six years later, the American neurologist Bernard Sachs published the clinical and pathological findings.
