Dr. William Henry Farrow (20 June 1805? – 17 November 1876) was a physician

Physician

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 born and trained in England

England

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. Practiced in Montreal

Montreal

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 and Toronto

Toronto

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. Most notable for providing one of the first detailed descriptions of synesthesia

Synesthesia

Synesthesia , from the ancient Greek , "together," and , "sensation," is a neurologically based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway...

, a condition then not yet defined. Farrow reported the details of the illness, (in this case temporary) in an article published in the Lower Canada Journal of Medicine.

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