Bernard Sachs, M.D.
Bernard Sachs (1858-1944), called "The Dean of Neurology" at the turn of the century, was the first to describe the clinical picture of "amaurotic family idiocy" (Tay-Sachs disease). He was twice elected to the presidency of the American Neurological Association, at ages 36 and 74. One of his primary goals was to ally psychiatry and neurology.