Tom Bentley Throckmorton (January 20, 1885, Derby, Iowa

Derby, Iowa

Derby is a city in Lucas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 131 at the 2000 census.Lester Dickinson was born in Derby.-Geography:Derby is located at ....

 – 1961) was an American

United States

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 neurologist

Neurologist

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 remembered for describing Throckmorton's reflex

Throckmorton's reflex

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. He studied at the Jefferson Medical College

Thomas Jefferson University

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, graduating M.D.

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 in 1909 with a gold medal for the best neurological examination. He worked at the Maplewood Sanatorium, the Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital, the Infirmary for Nervous Diseases in Philadelphia and the Cheroku State Hospital for the Insane before settling as a lecturer in neurology in Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

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. He was Governor of the Iowa Chapter of the American College of Physicians

American College of Physicians

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from 1927 to 1936.