The animal spirit doctrine and the origins of neurophysiology
Smith, C. U. MContributor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2012.
This title examines the history of Western attempts to explain how messages might be sent from the sense organs to the brain and from the brain to the muscles. It focuses on a construct called animal spirit, which would permeate philosophy and guide physiology and medicine for over two millennia.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This title examines the history of Western attempts to explain how messages might be sent from the sense organs to the brain and from the brain to the muscles. It focuses on a construct called animal spirit, which would permeate philosophy and guide physiology and medicine for over two millennia.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 16, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Neurophysiology
Neurosciences
Neurosciences
Physiology
Biological Science Disciplines
Natural Science Disciplines
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Neurophysiology
Human Anatomy & Physiology
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Neuroscience