Darwin & Wallace independently came up with the theory of evolution, but Darwin became more famous due to the publication of his book, "Origin of the Species".
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The United Kingdom includes England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. This relatively small country has had a much longer history than the United States and therefore has had a long and brilliant history in science.
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This photo is from the 1980 movie showing Merrick wearing his mask, which had a hole for one eye.
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This is another oddity, but a different kind of situation. This is Dr. Walter Russell Brain, a brilliant neurologist. The photo is presented courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. The coincidence is that the doctor's area of expertise is the same as his name! Maybe he did this on purpose, deciding to specialize in this area because of his name!
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Dr. James Parkinson's essay which made him famous. This is presented courtesy of the National Library of Medicine, which has been my main resource for this website.
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There have been a lot of brilliant British researchers. Dr. Parkinson described the "shaking palsy", which is what he called the disease now named after him. Bourdillon & Ridges confirmed the "pink spot" theory for schizophrenia, invented by Friedhoff & van winkle of the US in 1962. Averback did brilliant work on schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, and Huntington's chorea. He later moved to Canada and confirmed his earlier neuropathology work.
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Shown here is Joseph Merrick, the famous elephant man. Merrick was born in 1862 and died in 1890. Merrick had Proteus syndrome, not elephantitis.
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This is the elephant man as depicted in the 1980 movie. Merrick is at the opera and is not wearing his mask.
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Shown here is the real Merrick in 1888. His disease is extremely rare, fortunately.
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This drawing of the brain by Sir Charles Bell, published in London, is shown courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
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