• Brit J Hosp Med · Sep 2020

    Augustus Volney Waller: physiologist who described distal degeneration of severed nerve fibres.

    • Harold Ellis.
    • School of Medical Education, King's College London, London, UK.
    • Brit J Hosp Med. 2020 Sep 2; 81 (9): 1-2.

    AbstractMost readers will be familiar with the term 'Wallerian degeneration' - the degenerative changes that take place in nerve fibres distal to the site of their division. Few, I would respectfully suggest, would know very much about the discoverer of this phenomenon, Augustus Waller. This year marks the 200th anniversary of his death.

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