The animal spirit doctrine and the origins of neurophysiology /
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.
| Uniform Title: | Animal spirit doctrine and the origins of neurophysiology (Online) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
c2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 277 p. :) ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-268) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199766499 0199766495 0199950261 9780199950263 |