Stokes, William
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Stokes, 
William, Irish physician, 1804-1878. Cheyne-Stokes psychosis - see under 
Cheyne Cheyne-Stokes respiration - see under 
Cheyne Stokes law - a muscle lying above an inflamed mucous or serous membrane is frequently the seat of paralysis.
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