William Walton Gooddy Explained

Birth Date:	1916 1, df=y
Birth Place:	Boscombe
Death Place:	Surrey
Occupation:	Neurologist
Known For:	Time and the nervous system (1988)^[1] ^[2]

William Walton Gooddy (1916–2004) was an English neurologist.

Biography

After education at Winchester College and a nine-month tour of Germany, William Gooddy studied medicine at University College London. There he met his wife-to-be, Edda, who was a medical student in the same graduating class. He qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1941. After qualifying, Gooddy and his wife became RAMC officers.^[3] He became house physician to the medical unit at University College Hospital and graduated MB BS (Lond.) in 1942. At University College Hospital, he was influenced by Francis Walshe. During WWII Gooddy was first a regimental medical officer and was then stationed until 1945 at St Hugh's Military Hospital for head injuries.^[2] During his army training he was among the first physicians to prescribe penicillin.^[3] In 1946 he graduated MD (Lond.). Later he was put in charge of the medical division of the British Military Hospital, Berlin.^[2]

In 1948 Gooddy was appointed physician to the neurological department of University College Hospital and assistant physician to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square, London. He was elected FRCP in 1953. He wrote a foreword for Oliver Sacks's 1970 book Migraine.^[4] Gooddy delivered in 1976 the Bradshaw Lecture on Time and the nervous system: the neuron as an escapement.^[2] Later in his career he became interested in the role of trace elements in the causation of neurological disease, delivering the 8th Gowers Memorial Lecture on chemical elements, neurology, and abiotrophy.^[3]

Upon his death in 2004 he was survived by his widow, a son, a daughter and three grandchildren.^[3]

Selected publications

Articles

• Lumbar Puncture. Br Med J. 7 November 1953. 2. 4844. 1040–1042, 1043. 2029981. 10.1136/bmj.2.4844.1040. 13094113. Gooddy. W..
• On the nature of pain. Brain. 80. 1. 1957. 118–131. 10.1093/brain/80.1.118. 13412998. 10.1.1.883.995. Gooddy. William.
• Delayed Development of Speech with Special Reference to Dyslexia. Proc R Soc Med. March 1963. 56. 3. 206–209. 1897334. 10.1177/003591576305600325. 13949066. Gooddy. William.
• Some Aspects of the Life of Dr C E Brown-Séquard. Proc R Soc Med. March 1964. 57. 3. 189–192. 1897869. 10.1177/003591576405700318. 14130870. Gooddy. William.
• with A. D. Dayan, M. J. G. Harrison, and Peter Rudge: Br Med J. 18 November 1972. 4. 5837. 405–406. 1786642. Brain stem encephalitis caused by Herpesvirus hominis. 10.1136/bmj.4.5837.405. 4344352. Dayan. A. D.. Gooddy. W.. Harrison. M. J.. Rudge. P..
• with D. L. McAuley and D. A. Isenberg: Neurological involvement in the epidermal naevus syndrome. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. May 1978. 41. 5. 466–469. 493057. 10.1136/jnnp.41.5.466. 660212. McAuley. D. L.. Isenberg. D. A.. Gooddy. W..
• Brain failure in private and public life. Br Med J. 3 March 1979. 1. 6163. 591–593. 1598394. 10.1136/bmj.1.6163.591. 427457. Gooddy. W..
• with W. M. Edmondstone, D. K. Price, and T. H. Shepherd: Postgrad Med J. April 1982. 58. 678. 237–238. 2426403. Mixed connective tissue disease presenting as trigeminal neuropathy. 10.1136/pgmj.58.678.237. 7111106. Edmondstone. W. M.. Price. D. K.. Shepherd. T. H.. Gooddy. W. W..
• Admiral Lord Nelson's neurological illnesses. Proc R Soc Med. March 1970. 63. 3. 299–306. 1811341. 10.1177/003591577006300341. 4910860. Gooddy. William.
• M. Baraitser, A. M. Halliday, A. E. Harding, P. Rudge, and F. Scaravilli: Autosomal dominant late onset cerebellar ataxia with myoclonus, peripheral neuropathy and sensorineural deafness: a clinicopathological report. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. January 1984. 47. 1. 21–25. 1027636. 10.1136/jnnp.47.1.21. 6319613. Baraitser. M.. Gooddy. W.. Halliday. A. M.. Harding. A. E.. Rudge. P.. Scaravilli. F..
• Brain failure in private and public life: a review. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. March 1994. 57. 3. 377–380. 1072835. 10.1136/jnnp.57.3.377. 8158192. Gooddy. W..

Books

• Book: Time and the nervous system. New York; London. Praeger. 1988.

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• Book: Neurological Cosmology: The World, the Brain and I. London; Miami. Minerva Press. 2000.

Notes and References

1. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 16. 3. August 1989. 368–369. Review of Time and the nervous system by William Gooddy. Murray, T. J.. 10.1017/S0317167100029309. free.
2. William Walton Gooddy. Munk's Roll, Volume XII, Lives of the Fellows, Royal College of Physicians.
3. Obituary. William Walton Gooddy. BMJ. 14 April 2005. 330. 7496. 909. 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.909-a . 556209. Lees. A..
4. Book: Sacks, Oliver. Foreword by William Gooddy. xxi–xxiii. Migraine. 1992. 9780520082236. https://books.google.com/books?id=X4luPiGW140C&pg=PR21.