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notable figures: Sergei Korsakov

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(1853 - 1900)


This Russian psychiatrist provided the name for the syndrome associated with effects of prolonged heavy use of alcohol.   (portrait courtesy UIC Department of Neurology)

Also: Korsakoff



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