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
Bibliographic Details
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Smith, C. U. M. |
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| Format: | eBook
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2012, c2012
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Oxford University Press
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MPG.ReNa
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