Raymond D. Adams, MD (1911–2008)
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On Saturday, October 18, Dr. Raymond D. Adams died in Boston at age 97. We mourn the loss of a truly great neurologist, but at the same time we fully celebrate his life. In many ways modern neurology has sprung from his lifelong work, in other ways it is still playing catch up with his vision. American medicine benefited from the convergence of unique attributes in this remarkable man. In describing Dr. Adams, most say he was “really smart,” with particularly strong emphasis on the “really.” They refer as much to his encyclopedic memory, exhaustive fund of knowledge, and skills of synthesis and analysis as to his superior intelligence or sometimes unnerving direct manner of speech. For over seven decades he remained passionate about neurology. To his mind, neurology encompassed all human disorders of muscle, nerve, and brain, whether primary or secondary, whether they had a known pathology or not. His contributions are too numerous to list but a few …
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