John Lorber 5378173 221834273 2008-06-26T08:58:17Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[fi:John Lorber]] {{Orphan|date=November 2006}} '''John Lorber''' ([[1915]]–[[1996]]) was a professor of [[paediatrics]] at the [[University of Sheffield]] from 1979 until his retirement in 1981. He worked before at the Children's Hospital of Sheffield where he became renowned for his work on [[spina bifida]]. He is also known for his writings on [[medical ethics]], against use of intensive medication for severely handicapped infants, and against active [[euthanasia]]. In [[1980]], [[Roger Lewin]] published an article in [[Science (journal)|Science]], "Is Your Brain Really Necessary?"<ref>{{cite journal | author=Roger Lewin | title=Is Your Brain Really Necessary? | journal=[[Science (journal)|SCIENCE]] | year=December 12, 1980 | volume=210 | pages=1232–1234 | doi=10.1126/science.7434023 | pmid=7434023 }}</ref>, about Lorber studies on cerebral cortex losses. He reports the case of a Sheffield University student who had a standard intellectual development although his cortex was extremely reduced by [[hydrocephalus]]. ==External links== * http://www.indiana.edu/~pietsch/lorber-references.html * [http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/science/is_the_brain_really_necessary.htm "Is the Brain Really Necessary?"] at Flatrock.org ==References== <references/> [[Category:British doctors|Lorber John]] {{Neuroscience-stub}} [[fi:John Lorber]]