Rheumatology 2002; 41: 942-943
© 2002 British Society for Rheumatology
Heberden Historical Series |
Bernard Connor (16661698)
Heberden Historical Series/Series Editor: M. Jayson
Department of Rheumatology, Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust (Teaching), Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK
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Although little is known about the first 26 yr of life of this Irish physician, they must have been influential, as in the remainder of his short life he was to publish what is believed to be the earliest account of ankylosing spondylitis, travel widely across Europe meeting many of the greatest medical minds of the time, serve as physician to the King of Poland, be feted by the medical societies of England and France and