The No-Rebound Phenomenon Of Stewart-Holmes

Abstract

Abstract The (no-)rebound phenomenon is a valuable diagnostic tool that, in our opinion, is regrettably underused in neurological examinations. This is probably largely due to a misunderstanding about (or lack of comprehension of) the essential point of this sign, despite its lucid description by Stewart and Holmes.1-3 Thomas Grainger Stewart, the third son of the well-known Sir Thomas (Grainger Stewart) and his wifeJessy Dingwall Fordyce, daughter of the parson Dr. R. Macdonald, was born in Edinburgh on 2 December 1877. The shy, rather introverted youth was of above-average intellectual endowment. He took the bachelors in medicine and surgery in 1900, became a member of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Edinburgh, in 1902 and of the RCP, London, in 1904. Between a stint as house physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and his moving to London he studied in Munich. He was awarded the gold medal for his M.D. thesis in 1912 and elected Fellow of the RCP, London, a year later.