Brain, Mind and Medicine: Essays in Eighteenth-Century Neuroscience

by Harry Whitaker (Editor), C.U.M. Smith (Editor), Stanley Finger (Editor)

No books have been published on the practice of neuroscience in the eighteenth century, a time of transition and discovery in science and medicine. This volume explores neuroscience and reviews developments in anatomy, physiology, and medicine in the era some call the Age of Reason, and others the Enlightenment. Topics include how neuroscience adopted electricity as the nerve force, how disorders such as aphasia and hysteria were treated, Mesmerism, and more.

389 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Harry Whitaker retired from the Department of Psychological Science, Northern Michigan University. Harry does research in Cognitive Science, Differential Psychology and Neuropsychology. Current projects: a book on individual differences and revisions to the book Approaches to a History of Western Psychology which is likely to be re-named 'history of psychology and neuroscience'.'