Description |
xiii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Contents |
Head or heart? the ancient search for the soul -- The discovery of the nervous system -- From late Antiquity to the Renaissance: the cell -- Doctrine -- Searching for the ghost in the machine -- A new life force: animal electricity -- The rise and fall of phrenology -- The nerve cell laid bare -- The return of the reflex -- Mapping the cerebral cortex -- The rise of psychiatry and neurology -- Solving the mystery of the nerve impulse -- The discovery of chemical neurotransmission -- Neurosurgery and clinical tales -- Surveying the last fifty years and looking ahead. |
Subject |
Brain -- History.
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Neurosciences -- History.
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ISBN |
9781848723658 |
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1848723652 |
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