Mary Broadfoot Walker: 83 years since a historical discovery
Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (11), 2017
ABSTRACT Mary Broadfoot Walker was a Scottish physician who, in 1935, described in great detail the effect of an anticholinesterase drug (physostigmine) on the signs and symptoms of myasthenia gravis. An original five-minutes movie is available online and the skepticism of her contemporary British medica...