The birth of modern neuroscience in Turin / Edited By Stefano Sandrone and Lorenzo Lorusso.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sandrone, Stefano, editor.

Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurosciences--Italy--Turin--History.

Neurosciences.

Neuroscientists--Italy--Turin--History.

Neuroscientists.

Neurosciences--history.

Neurology--history.

Neurologists.

History, 18th Century.

Medicine--History--18th century.

Medicine.

History.

Italy.

Italy--Turin.

Medical Subjects:

Neurosciences--history.

Neurology--history.

Neurologists.

History, 18th Century.

Italy.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"In the early 18th century, Piedmontese intellectuals and scientists were keen on dialoguing with colleagues and academic institutions across the Alps. They had a truly cosmopolitan approach to research and its dissemination. Physicians were particularly active, and ideas started to circulate. Turin and Piedmont found themselves within a network connecting the most important European capitals, but also their scientific societies and the universities. This stimulating environment was further enriched by the growth of the civil society: new academies were funded and scientific works were published. These became the pillars of a renewed 'cosmopolitan spirit'. During the second half of the century, exchanges among academic institution and societies, but also friendships and personal contacts (sometimes even occasional) favoured the 'process of Europeanisation' (and of 'deprovincialization') of Piedmontese culture and its medicine. This process was defined and described by Vincenzo Ferrone, an historian of the Enlightenment. As a result, Turin joined the league of other European capitals, such as Paris, Berlin and Saint Petersburg (Ferrone, 1988). This became especially evident under Victor Amadeus II, were rationalisation programmes against myths and false beliefs flourished"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Savoy

Piedmont "Renaissance": From Pre-Enlightenment to the End of the 18th Century / Germana Pareti

2. The Savoy-Piedmont "Renaissance": Between Materialism and Spiritualism / Germana Pareti

3. Carlo Francesco Giuseppe Bellingeri: A Forgotten Pioneer of Italian Neurology / Stefano Zago

4. Exploring the Museum of Human Anatomy / Giancarla Malerba

5. Cesare Lombroso: An Unconventional Biography / Paul Knepper

6. Seeing the History of Neuroscience in Turin through the Lenses of Its Instruments/Part 1 / Marco R. Galloni

7. Enrico Morselli in Turin: Expectations, Challenges, and Disappointment / Alessandro Bargoni

8. Neuroimaging before Neuroimaging: Angelo Mosso's Pioneering Experiments / Stefano Sandrone

9. The Role of Federico Kiesow in the Development of Experimental Psychology in Europe / Lorenzo Lorusso

10. Camillo Negro: Neurologist, Neuroscientist, Science Communicator, and Mentor / Andrea Calvo

11. Brief Happy Military-Neurophysiological Stint of Mario Camis in Wartime Turin / Giovanni Berlucchi

12. Seeing the History of Neuroscience in Turin through the Lenses of Its Instruments/Part 2 / Marco R. Galloni

13. Giulio Bizzozero and Aldo Perroncito: Reform and Regeneration / Ariane Drdscher

14. Ernesto Lugaro: The Founder of the Turin Neurological School / Davide Schiffer

15. Ernesto Lugaro: Contributions to Modern Psychiatry / Silvio Bellino

16. Agostino Gemelli's Years in Turin / Alessandro Porro

17. Mario Ponzo and the Age of Visual Illusions / Nicholas J. Wade

18. Science and Literature at Giuseppe Levi's Home in Turin / Marco Piccolino

19. Myth, Religion, Politics, and Literature in Giuseppe Levi's Turin / Giacomo Magrini

20. A Real Imperfection? Rita and the Long Story of the Nerve Growth Factor / Germana Pargti.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Birth of modern neuroscience in Turin

ISBN:

9780190907587

0190907584

OCLC:

1260171668

Publisher Number:

99990178391