urop ath y . ▁He ▁discovered ▁the ▁disease ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁cy an ide ▁into xic ation . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁little ▁was ▁done ▁beyond ▁clin ical ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁disease . ▁ ▁His ▁success ▁in ▁discover ing ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁tropical ▁at ax ic ▁ne urop ath y ▁earned ▁him ▁local ▁and ▁international ▁acc laim ▁in ▁the ▁medical ▁community . ▁ ▁Through out ▁his ▁career , ▁he ▁wrote ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁scholar ly ▁works ▁on ▁his ▁pro dig ious ▁research ▁on ▁tropical ▁ep ide mi ology ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁Dean ▁of ▁Medicine ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁I bad an ▁and ▁later ▁the ▁Chief ▁Medical ▁Officer ▁of ▁that ▁university ' s ▁teaching ▁hospital , ▁U CH . ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁and ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁his ▁native ▁Ok em esi , ▁Ek iti ▁State | E k iti . ▁ ▁The ▁on set ▁of ▁ne urop ath y ▁after ▁ing estion ▁of ▁ill - process ed ▁Cass ava , ▁due ▁to ▁Cy an ide ▁In to xic ation , ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Os unto k un ' s ▁Sign , ▁and ▁is ▁commonly ▁used ▁in ▁African ▁Medical ▁L ect ures ▁and ▁Bul let ins , ▁but ▁is ▁not ▁much ▁known ▁to ▁countries ▁outside ▁Africa . ▁ ▁Publications ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁References ▁Ad elo ye ▁Adel ola , ▁Professor ▁B . ▁O lu w ak ay ode ▁Os unto k un ▁and ▁his ▁N unc ▁Dim itt is , ▁African ▁Journal ▁of ▁Ne uro log ical ▁Sciences ,