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BRAIN, MIND AND MEDICINE:
ESSAYS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NEUROSCIENCE |
| By: |
Harry A. Whitaker (Editor), Christopher Smith (Editor), Stanley Finger (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£129.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0387709665 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780387709666 |
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| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC. |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2007 |
| Edition: |
2007 ed. |
| Pages: |
376 |
| Description: |
Explores neuroscience and reviews developments in anatomy, physiology, and medicine in the era some call the Age of Reason, and others the Enlightenment. This title includes topics such as how neuroscience adopted electricity as the nerve force, how disorders such as aphasia and hysteria were treated, Mesmerism, and more. |
| Synopsis: |
No books have been published on the practice of neuroscience in the eighteenth century, a time of transition and discovery in science and medicine. This volume explores neuroscience and reviews developments in anatomy, physiology, and medicine in the era some call the Age of Reason, and others the Enlightenment. Topics include how neuroscience adopted electricity as the nerve force, how disorders such as aphasia and hysteria were treated, Mesmerism, and more. |
| Illustrations: |
3 Tables, black and white; XIII, 376 p. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
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