Liverij Darkshevich

Liverij Osipovich Darkshevich, sometimes Darkschewitsch (Russian: Ливерий Осипович Даркшевич; July 29 [O.S.

July 17] 1858 – March 28, 1925) was a Russian neurologist who was a native of Yaroslavl.

From 1882 to 1887 he studied medicine at the University of Moscow, and afterwards worked and studied at the laboratory of Theodor Meynert (1833-1892) in Vienna, the laboratory of Paul Flechsig (1847-1929) in Leipzig, Karl Westphal's clinic in Berlin, and at the Salpêtrière in the clinic of Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893).

During this time period, he also collaborated with Joseph Jules Dejerine (1839-1917) and Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) on a number of important medical papers.

He was the first editor-in-chief of the Kazan Medical Journal (Казанский медицинский журнал).