NROB60H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gustav Fritsch, Luigi Galvani, Andreas Vesalius
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Society of neuroscience- founded 1970- association of professional neuroscientists. Broad, but the nervous system being the common point of focus. 7000 yra- treatment (e. g. boring into brain- trepanation) started on the living. To cure headaches or mental disorders- way for evil spirits to escape the mind. 5000 yra- egypt were aware of brain damage symptoms. Thought the heart was the main organ- while the brain was discarded after death. Differences between appearances predict differences in function (head= sensing environment) Hippocrates (460- 379 bc)- father of western medicine. Brain was not only involved in sensation, but also intelligence. In these ways i am of the opinion that the brain exercises the greatest power in the man". Aristotle (384-322 bc)- heart was the centre to intellect, brain cooled blood that was overheated. Temperament explained by the cooling capacity of ones brain. Galen (130-200 ad)- embraced hippocratic view of the brain function. Dissected sheep brain- deduced function from structure of cerebrum and cerebellum.
