Medicine, Mind, and the Double Brain
This work is an example of conceptual history at its best. The author concentrates on the neurological sciences in the period 1860-1900, principally in France and other European countries. Theories of cognition have roots in Cartesian philosophy, and Harrington carefully prepares the reader for developments in the latter half of the 19th century, when philosophical concepts and scientific rigor were combined. The many significant developments of this period include Broca's localization of function in the brain, and the writings of Charcot and Freud. A final chapter follows through to the present. Serious students in the history of medicine and science will delight in this book. Frances Groen, McGill Univ. Lib., MontrealCopyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.