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Brain, Mind and Medicine:

Essays in Eighteenth-Century Neuroscience
By:Harry Whitaker; ‎C.U.M. Smith; ‎Stanley Finger
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780387709666
eText ISBN:9780387709673
Edition:1
Copyright:2007
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.