BROADBENT (W. H.). Remarks on the Pathology of Chorea. [Offprint from the British Medical Journal].1869

London: T. Richards, First and only edition, 16pp., presentation copy, disbound. Sir William Henry Broadbent, 1st Baronet, KCVO, (1835–1907) was a leading British authority in the field of cardiology as well as neurology. He also performed research involving diseases such as tuberculosis and cancer. In 1876 he was the first to describe a type of stroke caused by a cerebral hemorrhage into the ventricular system, that was later to be named 'Broadbent apoplexy'. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.