A history of neurophysiology in the 19th century, M. A. Brazier, Raven Press, New York, 1988. Nineteenth-century origins of neuroscientific concepts, E. Clarke and L. S. Jacyna, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1987
✍ Scribed by Ochs, Sidney
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 414 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3034
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✦ Synopsis
These books help fill a need for up-to-date histories of the neurosciences of the nineteenth century. This was a period when revolutionary advances in science and technology changed many aspects of social life. At the onset of the century land travel was by horse and coach, later by railroad, with the automobile making its appearance at the end of the century. The sailing ship gave way to the steamship, with the airplane waiting in the wings at the turn of the century. To the mail was added the telegraph, with undersea cables linking the continents; toward the end of the nineteenth century, the telephone came into use. Whale oil was replaced by oil and kerosene at midcentury, and then electricity served to light the night.
In this environment of inventive fervor, the comprehension of the nervous system also underwent revolutionary changes. At the onset of the nineteenth century Haller's view that tissues