James Purdon Martin Explained
James Purdon Martin (1893–1984) was a British neurologist.[5] [6]
Biography
After education at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution,[7] J. Purdon Martin matriculated in 1912 at Queen's University Belfast and graduated there in with BA in 1915 and MA in 1918. During WWI he attempted to enlist in the British Army but he was graded as medically unfit because of his severe psoriasis. He graduated MB BCh BAO in 1920 and MD in 1922. He held a house appointment in Liverpool for about a year and then in March 1921 joined the staff of London's National Hospital for Nervous Diseases. There he was appointed to the consultant staff in 1925 and was dean of the medical school from 1944 to 1948.[7] He qualified MRCP in 1922 and was elected FRCP in 1930. He was appointed to the consultant staffs of several hospitals in London. During WWII he was neurologist to Eastern Command.[5] J. Purdon Martin gave the Lumleian lectures in 1947 on Consciousness and its disturbances considered from the neurological aspect [8] and in 1963 the Arris and Gale lecture on Basal ganglia and locomotion.[9] He was joint editor of Neurology for a number of years. For the academic year 1959–1960 he was a visiting professor at the University of Colorado Denver.[6]
Martin's book The Basal Ganglia and Posture (1967) includes case histories and clinical observations of a large group of patients with post-encephalitic Parkinsonism who were long-stay patients at Highlands Hospital, Winchmore Hill.[10]
There were two sons from his first marriage. There were no children from his second marriage.[7]
Selected publications
- with J. G. Greenfield: Tumour in Cisterna Magna. Proc R Soc Med. 1923. 16(Neurol Sect). Neurol Sect. 32–35. 2103552. Martin. J. P.. Greenfield. J. G.. 19983065.
- Proc R Soc Med. 1925. 18(Neurol Sect). Neurol Sect. 13–20. 2202441. 19984439. The Syphilitic Forms of Progressive Muscular Atrophy. Martin. J. P..
- A Case of Facial Hemiatrophy: Lack of Development of the Breast on the same side. Proc R Soc Med. 1925. 18(Neurol Sect). Neurol Sect. 31. 2202449. Martin. J. P.. 19984453.
- Recovery, with Hemiplegia, from Vaccination Encephalitis. Proc R Soc Med. October 1927. 20. 12. 1838. 2101511. Martin. J. P.. 19986115. 10.1177/003591572702001231.
- Hemichorea resulting from a local lesion of the brain. (The syndrome of the body of Luys). Brain. 50. 3–4. 1 October 1927. 637–649. 10.1093/brain/50.3-4.637. Martin. James Purdon.
- Tumours of the frontal lobe of the brain. Br Med J. 23 June 1928. 1. 3520. 1058–1061. 2456191. Martin. J. P.. 20773963. 10.1136/bmj.1.3520.1058.
- A case of glossopharyngeal neuralgia. Br Med J. 28 March 1931. 1. 3664. 533–534. 2314542. Martin. J. P.. 20776085. 10.1136/bmj.1.3664.533.
- Acute Benign Myelitis (Encephalo-myelitis). Proc R Soc Med. May 1933. 26. 7. 843–844. 2204677. Martin. J. P.. 10.1177/003591573302600725.
- Progressive Syndrome of Muscular Rigidity and Tonic Involuntary Movements. Proc R Soc Med. May 1933. 26. 7. 847–848. 2204625. Martin. J. P.. 10.1177/003591573302600729.
- The bearing of recent work on certain aspects of poliomyelitis. Br Med J. 30 December 1933. 2. 3808. 1200–1202. 2369933. Martin. J. P.. 20777970. 10.1136/bmj.2.3808.1200.
- with N. S. Alcock: Hemichorea associated with a lesion of the corpus Luysii. Brain. 57. 4. 1 December 1934. 504–516. 10.1093/brain/57.4.504. Martin. James Purdon. Alcock. N. S..
- Traumatic Intracranial Aneurysm. Proc R Soc Med. May 1937. 30. 7. 854–855. 2075879. Martin. J. P.. 19991120. 10.1177/003591573703000709.
- Mental symptoms associated with head injury. Br Med J. 27 November 1937. 2. 4012. 1061–1064. 2087773. Martin. J. P.. 20781075. 10.1136/bmj.2.4012.1061.
- Secondary Carcinoma of Spine treated by Deep X-rays. Proc R Soc Med. September 1939. 32. 11. 1421–1422. 1998032. Martin. J. P.. 19992125. 10.1177/003591573903201144.
- with Denis Williams: Unusual Cortical Potentials in a Case of Porencephaly. Proc R Soc Med. September 1939. 32. 11. 1417–1419. 1998065. Martin. J. P.. Williams. D.. 19992121. 10.1177/003591573903201141.
- with H. L. Sheehan: Primary Thrombosis of Cerebral Veins (following Childbirth). Br Med J. 8 March 1941. 1. 4183. 349–353. 2161360. Martin. J. P.. Sheehan. H. L.. 20783556. 10.1136/bmj.1.4183.349.
- Cerebral Venous Thrombosis after Childbirth. Br Med J. 5 April 1941. 1. 4187. 534–535. 2161156. Martin. J. P.. 10.1136/bmj.1.4187.534-c.
- Thrombosis in the Superior Longitudinal Sinus following Childbirth. Br Med J. 18 October 1941. 2. 4215. 537–540. 2163122. Martin. J. P.. 20783911. 10.1136/bmj.2.4215.537.
- with H. L. Sheehan: Puerperal Cerebral Thrombosis. Br Med J. 25 April 1942. 1. 4242. 538–539. 2160704. Martin. J. P.. Sheehan. H. L.. 10.1136/bmj.1.4242.538-c.
- Venous Thrombosis in the Central Nervous System. Proc R Soc Med. May 1944. 37. 7. 383–392. 2181125. Martin. J. P.. 19992857. 10.1177/003591574403700720.
- Acroparaesthesia in the Lower Limbs. Br Med J. 2 March 1946. 1. 4443. 307–308. 2058316. Martin. J. P.. 20786578. 10.1136/bmj.1.4443.307.
- Treatment of Neurosyphilis with Penicillin. Br Med J. 15 May 1948. 1. 4558. 922–926. 2090635. Martin. J. P.. 18858437. 10.1136/bmj.1.4558.922.
- Penicillin in the Treatment of Neurosyphilis. Br Med J. 31 July 1948. 2. 4569. 268. 2091026. Martin. J. P.. 10.1136/bmj.2.4569.268-a.
- Headache. Br Med J. 1 April 1950. 1. 4656. 778–780. 2037100. Martin. J. P.. 20787843. 10.1136/bmj.1.4656.778.
- Pure Word Blindness Considered as a Disturbance of Visual Space Perception [Abridged]. Proc R Soc Med. April 1954. 47. 4. 293–295. 1918816. Martin. J. P.. 13155540. 10.1177/003591575404700412.
- Signs of Obstruction of the Superior Longitudinal Sinus following Closed Head Injuries (Traumatic Hydrocephalus. Br Med J. 20 August 1955. 2. 4937. 467–470. 1980632. Martin. J. P.. 13240151. 10.1136/bmj.2.4937.467.
- Hemichorea (hemiballismus) without lesions in the corpus Luysii. Brain. 80. 1. 1 March 1957. 1–10. 10.1093/brain/80.1.1. 13412992. Martin. J. Purdon.
- British neurology in the last fifty years: some personal experiences. Proc R Soc Med. October 1971. 64. 10. 1055–1059. 1812784. Martin. J. P.. 4947527. 10.1177/003591577106401022.
- Conquest of general paralysis. Br Med J. 15 July 1972. 3. 5819. 159–160. 1788561. Martin. J. P.. 4557082. 10.1136/bmj.3.5819.159.
- Neurology in fiction: The Turn of the Screw. Br Med J. 22 December 1973. 4. 5894. 717–721. 1587900. Martin. J. P.. 4591002. 10.1136/bmj.4.5894.717.
References
- Martin . J. P. . amp . Bell . J. . A pedigree of mental defect showing sex-linkage . . 6 . 1943 . 3–4 . 154–157 . 10.1136/jnnp.6.3-4.154 . 1090429 . 21611430.
- Kinnell, H. G.. Fragile X syndrome: an important preventable cause of mental handicap. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 5 September 1987. 295. 6598. 564–565. 1248738. 3117231. 10.1136/bmj.295.6598.564.
- J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2009. 21. 2. 152–159. 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.21.2.152. 2714910. 19622686. Atrophy of Basal Ganglia Nuclei and Negative Symptoms in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Geary, Elizabeth K.. Seidenberg, Michael. Hermann, Bruce.
- Book: Donaldson, Ivan. Marsden, C. David. Schneider, Susanne. Marsden's book of movement disorders. Oxford University Press. 2012. 106. 9780192619112.
- James Purdon Martin. Munk's Roll, Volume VIII, Lives of the Fellows, Royal College of Physicians.
- Obituary. J P Martin, MD, DSc, MD, FRCP. BMJ (Clin Res Ed). 2 June 1984. 228. 6431. 1698. 10.1136/bmj.288.6431.1698. 220196085.
- Web site: Froggart, Peter. Dr James Purdon Martin (1893 – 1984): Physician: neurologist. Dictionary of Ulster Biography.
- Martin, J. Purdon. Consciousness and its disturbances considered from the neurological aspect. The Lumleian lectures for 1947 delivered at the Royal College of Physicians of London on April 15 and 17, 1947 (slightly abbreviated). 253. 6541. 48–53. 8 January 1949. 10.1016/S0140-6736(49)90383-9.
- Ann R Coll Surg Engl. April 1963. 32. 4. 219–239. 2311553. 19310369. The Basal Ganglia and Locomotion. Arris and Gale Lecture delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 3rd January 1963. Martin, J. Purdon.
- Proc R Soc Med. April 1968. 61. 4. 434–435. 1902342. Review of The Basal Ganglia and Posture by James Purdon Martin. Miller, Henry. 10.1177/003591576806100451.
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