Robert Bentley Todd
Robert Bentley Todd | |
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Robert Bentley Todd | |
| Born | 9 April 1809 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 30 January 1860 (aged 50) London, England |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin BA, Pembroke College, Oxford MS, BM, DM |
| Known for | Todd's palsy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Institutions | King's College London Royal Society Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Surgeons |
Robert Bentley Todd (9 April 1809 – 30 January 1860) was an Irish-born physician who is best known for describing the condition postictal paralysis in his Lumleian Lectures in 1849 now known as Todd's palsy.