This volume will look at the history of trepanation, the identification of skulls, the tools used to make the cranial openings, and theories as to why trepanation might have been performed many thousands of years ago.
This volume will look at the history of trepanation, the identification of skulls, the tools used to make the cranial openings, and theories as to why...
Now in a more affordable paperback version A best seller Attractively illustrated with over a hundred halftones and drawings, this volume presents a series of vibrant profiles that trace the evolution of our knowledge about the brain. Beginning almost 5000 years ago, with the ancient Egyptian study of "the marrow of the skull," Stanley Finger takes us on a fascinating journey from the classical world of Hippocrates, to the time of Descartes and the era of Broca and Ramon y Cajal, to modern researchers such as Sperry. Here is a truly remarkable cast of characters. We meet Galen, a...
Now in a more affordable paperback version A best seller Attractively illustrated with over a hundred halftones and drawings, this volume presen...
This well-established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields. This volume explores the history and modern perspective on neurology and neuroscience.
This well-established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields
This volume explores the history and modern perspective on neurology and neuroscience
This well-established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promisi...
