William James West (1793–1848), was an English surgeon and apothecary, who among other things took a prominent role in the local movement of reform of medical practice. He published in 1837 the first article referred to an ovariectomy performed in England and first described the picture of a kind of infantile spasm in an article published by The Lancet in 1841. Today, this syndrome is typically characterized by three findings: epileptic spasms, psychomotor retardation and electroencephalogram with a characteristic layout of hypsarrhythmia, although one of the three may not appear.
- Occupation
- surgeon
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1793
