A history of the brain : from stone age surgery to modern neuroscience / Andrew P. Wickens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wickens, Andrew P.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--History.

Brain.

Neurosciences--History.

Neurosciences.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

Summary:

A History of the Brain tells the full story of neuroscience, from antiquity to the present day. It describes how we have come to understand the biological nature of the brain, beginning in prehistoric times, through to the development of modern neuroscience. This is the first time a history of the brain has been written in a narrative way, emphasising how our understanding of the brain and nervous system has developed over lime, with the development of a number of disciplines including anatomy, pharmacology', physiology, psychology' and neurosurgery. The book covers: beliefs about the brain in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, the Medieval period, Renaissance and Enlightenment, the 19th century through to the present day, future directions in neuroscience, The discoveries leading to the development of modern neuroscience gave rise to one of the most exciting and fascinating stories in the whole of science. Written for readers with no prior knowledge of the brain or history, the book will delight students, and will also be of great interest to researchers and lecturers with an interest in understanding how we have arrived at our present knowledge of the brain. Book jacket.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781848723641

1848723644

9781848723658

1848723652

OCLC:

881167773

Publisher Number:

99961834707

9781848723658

Online:

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