Thomas Willis FRS (27 January 1621 – 11 November 1675) was an English physician who played an important part in the history of anatomy, neurology and...
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The circle of Willis (also called Willis' circle, loop of Willis, cerebral arterial circle, and Willis polygon) is a circulatory anastomosis that supplies...
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English Civil War Thomas H. Willis (1850–1925), American painter Tom Willis (soccer) (born 1983), Australian goalkeeper Tom Willis (rugby union, born...
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popular culture. Hank Willis Thomas was born in 1976 in Plainfield, New Jersey to Hank Thomas, a jazz musician, and Deborah Willis, artist, photographer...
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Neuropsychology (section Thomas Willis)
neuropsychology emerged. Thomas Willis studied at Oxford University and took a physiological approach to the brain and behavior. It was Willis who coined the words...
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Thomas Willis (1756-1797) was a sailor with the Second voyage of James Cook. Willis was born in 1756, the son of Richard Willis, M.A., Rector of Hartley...
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Rumer Glenn Willis (born August 16, 1988) is an American actress. The eldest daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, she made her acting debut...
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poorly received. Willis retired from acting in 2022 due to aphasia. He was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023. As a singer, Willis released his...
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Thomas Willis Cobb (1784 – February 1, 1830) was an American politician who served as a United States representative and Senator from Georgia. Born in...
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Thomas Willis Pratt, (born 1812, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American engineer. He is best known for his 1844 patent for the Pratt truss, which he designed...
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Restless legs syndrome (redirect from Willis-Ekbom syndrome)
RLS becomes increasingly common with age. Sir Thomas Willis provided a medical description in 1672. Willis emphasized the sleep disruption and limb movements...
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Thomas James Willis Fleming (19 June 1819 – 7 March 1890) was an English landed proprietor and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was the second son...
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accounts often referred to diabetes as a disease of the kidneys. In 1674, Thomas Willis suggested that diabetes may be a disease of the blood. Johann Peter...
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by Bruce Willis "Bruce Willis". Golden Globe Awards. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2021. "Bruce Willis". Emmys.com...
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Thomas Willis White (1788–1843) was an American printer and publisher who founded the Southern Literary Messenger. He was born in Williamsburg, Virginia...
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Wesley Lawrence Willis (May 31, 1963 – August 21, 2003) was an American musician and visual artist. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1989, Willis began a career...
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Murder of Jessica Heeringa (redirect from Jeffrey Willis)
Willis was charged with her kidnapping and murder on the strength of forensic evidence combined with eyewitness testimony that implicated him. Willis...
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16th centuries with the work and research of many neurologists such as Thomas Willis, Robert Whytt, Matthew Baillie, Charles Bell, Moritz Heinrich Romberg...
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passage of the federal Indian Removal Act. The county was named for Thomas Willis Cobb, a U.S. representative and senator from Georgia. It is believed...
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Thomas H. Willis (1845-June 1, 1925) was a Danish-born American artist who combined marine art, folk art, and needlework in his portraits of American and...
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The Willis (later Willis Bund) family were of Wick, Worcestershire, a cadet branch of the Cambridgeshire family from which also came brothers Thomas and...
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to the shooting. In 2001, Thomas Willis reported being intimidated by Williams; an investigator was called in, to whom Willis reported at least three examples...
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Joshua W. Alexander (redirect from Joshua Willis Alexander)
Woodrow Wilson. Born on January 22, 1852, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Thomas Willis Alexander and Jane (née Robinson). Alexander attended Culver-Stockton...
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Thomas Willis (1576–1656) was a member of the English landed gentry and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery at the outbreak of the English Civil War, owing...
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Eerdman's. John Thomas Willis was born November 21, 1933, in Abilene, Texas. He married Evelyn Forrest and they have four children. Willis earned his B.A...
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as Thomas Willis' deputy. Valentine Willis was granted office as Clerk of the Crown in reversion after his father and his brother, both named Thomas Willis...
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believed that CSF was secreted by the pia mater. Thomas Willis (noted as the discoverer of the circle of Willis) made note of the fact that the consistency...
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circle of Willis was named after his investigations into the blood supply of the brain, and he was the first to use the word "neurology". Willis removed...
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James Cook and named for Cook's midshipman Thomas Willis, the crew member who first sighted them. The Willis Islands were charted in greater detail and...
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Willys baronets (redirect from Willis baronets)
Richard Willis, esq. of Halsnead Park." Browne Willis was the anatomist Thomas Willis's grandson. Richard Willis of Halsnead Park was, like Thomas Willis, a...
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