Bronislaw Onuf-Onufrowicz (July 4, 1863 in – December 29, 1928 in
Rutherford, New Jersey
Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough's population was 18,834.
Rutherford was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 21, 1881, fr ...
) was a
Russia
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n-born American neurologist of Polish descent.
He was born in Yeniseysk,
Russia
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, in 1863, as the son of the physician Adam Onufrowicz and Maria.
[Matrikeledition der Universität Zürich]
He attended ''
Industrieschule Zürich'' and later studied medicine at the
Zurich University. He was a pupil of
August Forel. Circa 1890 he emigrated to USA. He worked in
Pathological Institute of NY State Hospitals under the directorship of
Ira Van Gieson
Ira Thompson Van Gieson (1866, Long Island – March 24, 1913, New York City) was an American neurologist, psychiatrist, bacteriologist and neuropathologist.
Ira was born in Long Island in 1866, as the son of Dr. Ransford Everett Van Gieson (1836 ...
and later became lecturer in NY Polyclinic. From 1899, he worked in
St. Catherine Hospital, NY. Later he practised in
Craig Colony for Epileptics
Craig Colony for Epileptics was a residential facility for epileptics in Sonyea, Livingston County, New York, US.
History
Situated at a former Shaker colony, the facility was established in 1896 on . Its inspiration was the colony at Bielefel ...
in
Sonyea, NY. In the 1920s, he was a consulting neurologist at U.S. Marine Hospital 43, located on
Ellis Island
Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States. From 1892 to 1954, nearly 12 mi ...
. He was a member and vice-president of
New York Psychoanalytic Society
The New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute — founded in 1911 by Dr. Abraham A. Brill — is the oldest psychoanalytic organization in the United States.
The charter members were: Louis Edward Bisch, Brill, Horace Westlake Frink, Frede ...
, member of
American Neurological Association
The American Neurological Association (ANA) is a professional society of academic neurologists and neuroscientists devoted to advancing the goals of academic neurology; to training and educating neurologists and other physicians in the neurologic ...
(since 1895), secretary and vice-president of the
New York Neurological Society.
[Frederick Tilney, Smith Ely Jelliffe: Semi-centennial Anniversary Volume of the American Neurological Association. American Neurological Association (1924)]
He is best known for his discovery of group of neurons in
spinal cord
The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue, which extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column (backbone). The backbone encloses the central canal of the spi ...
,
Onuf's nucleus
Onuf's nucleus is a distinct group of neurons located in the ventral part ( laminae IX) of the anterior horn of the sacral region of the human spinal cord involved in the maintenance of micturition and defecatory continence, as well as muscular c ...
.
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1863 births
1929 deaths
American anatomists
American neurologists
American people of Polish descent
American people of Russian descent