Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 389 pages)
ISBN:
9781315794549
,
9781317744818
,
9781317744825
Content:
1. Head or heart? The ancient search for the soul -- 2. The discovery of the nervous system -- 3. From late antiquity to the Renaissance : the cell doctrine -- 4. Searching for the ghost in the machine -- 5. A new life force : animal electricity -- 6. The rise and fall of phrenology -- 7. The nerve cell laid bare -- 8. The return of the reflex -- 9. Mapping the cerebral cortex -- 10. The rise of psychiatry and neurology -- 11. Solving the mystery of the nerve impulse -- 12. The discovery of chemical neurotransmission -- 13. Neurosurgery and clinical tales -- 14. Surveying the last 50 years and looking ahead.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848723641
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848723658
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781848723641
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315794549
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