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Mark Twain, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the Head Readers
Having a phrenological 'head reading' was one of the most significant fads of the nineteenth century - a means for better knowing oneself and a guide for self-improvement. Samuel …
Trepanation
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 …
Fine Arts, 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 …
Brain Injury and Recovery
The idea for the present volume grew from discussions that the four of us had among ourselves and with our colleagues at recent scientific meetings. All of us were impressed by the …
History of Neurology
Handbook of Clinical Neurology: Volume 95 is the first of over 90 volumes of the handbook to be entirely devoted to the history of neurology. The book is a collection of historical …
Fine Arts, Neurology, and Neuroscience
This volume on neuroscience, neurology, and the fine arts brings several disciplines together. It presents current thoughts and modern examples about how science, medicine and the …
Recovery from Brain Damage
It has long been recognized that damage to the mammalian central nervous system may be followed by behavioral recovery, but only re- cently has close attention been directed to …
Early Brain Damage V2
Early Brain Damage, Volume 2: Neurobiology and Behavior, is the second of two volumes that provide a comprehensive overview of the many facets of research on the topic of brain …
Brain, Mind and Medicine:
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 …
Gall, Spurzheim, and the Phrenological Movement
During the 1790s in Vienna, German physician Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) came forth with a new doctrine dealing with mind, brain and behavior-one that could account for …
Doctor Franklin's Medicine
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic TitleAmong his many accomplishments, Benjamin Franklin was instrumental in founding the first major civilian hospital and …
Franz Joseph Gall
Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) was always a controversial figure, as was his doctrine, later called phrenology. Although often portrayed as a discredited buffoon, who believed he …