This comprehensive work contains excerpts in English from the writings that represent the great landmarks in the evolution of our knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system. Many of these rare contributions are translated here into English for the first time. For this second edition, Edwin Clarke extensively revised the original text and updated the bibliographies and indices in light of recent scholarship.

The Human Brain and Spinal Cord: A Historical Study Illustrated by Writings from Antiquity to the 20th Century (NORMAN NEUROSCIENCES) (Norman Neurosciences, No 2)

Medical Books

Edwin Clarke

Medicine

Norman Publishing

OUT OF PRINT. The first biographical study of important contributors to the field of child neurology, consisting of 124 biographical sketches written by over 100 physicians specializing in neurology, child neurology, pediatrics and obstetrics. Organized chronologically into five chapters, beginning before 1800 and continuing to the present, The Founders of Child Neurology traces the emergence of child neurology as a separate specialty from its roots in pediatrics and neurology. With a definitive historical introduction by the editor, Dr. Stephen Ashwal, and 187 illustrations.

Founders of Child Neurology (Norman neurosciences series)

STEPHEN

M.D. Ashwal

The first full-length study of Charles Thomas Jackson, one of the most remarkable and maligned figures in the history of American science and medicine. Jackson was a key figure in three notable scientific discoveries made in the United States before 1850: the discovery of surgical anesthesia, brought about with the dentist William T. G. Morton; the discovery of the American electromagnetic telegraph, made in association with the artist Samuel F. B. Morse; and the proving and commercial exploitation of the copper deposits in the state of Michigan. However, out of greed or resentment, those associating with Jackson in these discoveries claimed the honor of discovery for themselves while disparaging Jackson's claims and painting him as unstable, paranoid and litigious a reputation that persisted for over 150 years. Charles Thomas Jackson: The Head behind the Hands is the first book to come to Jackson's defense. With the aid of new or long ignored and long forgotten documents and archival records, including printed literature, court records and previously unavailable manuscript sources, Wolfe and Patterson prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jackson was the hero and not the villain in all of these controversial and acrimonious affairs.

Charles Thomas Jackson: The Head behind the Hands

History

Richard J. Wolfe & Richard Patterson

Americas

This is an encyclopedia of about 1,000 pages related to Sir William Osler (1849-1919), who was the best-known physician in the English-speaking world during the early twentieth century and who is considered bysome "the father of modern medicine." It will contain biographical details pertaining to Osler; reminiscencesof Osler by his contemporaries along with biographical sketches of these contemporaries; summaries andanalyses of Osler's non-technical addresses; and brief accounts of historical figures and other figures whoinfluenced Osler's thinking on various subjects.

Sir William Osler: An Encyclopedia

Charles S. Bryan

Reference

An historical and bio-bibliographical study of the life and exploits of Count Guglielmo Libri (1802-69), a mathematician, journalist, patriot, historian of science, paleographer, book collector, bibliographer, antiquarian bookseller, forger and book thief. Finely designed by Jerry Kelly and printed on Mohawk paper. Numerous illustrations, some in color, the rest in duotone. Published in connection with an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, New York City, March 28 - May 14, 2013.

Scientist, Scholar & Scoundrel: A Bibliographical Investigation of the Life and Exploits of Count Guglielmo LIbri

Biographies & Memoirs

Jeremy M. Norman

Historical

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