On failure of brain power (encephalasthenia); its nature and treatment.

  • Althaus, Julius, 1833-1900.
Date:
1898
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Credit: On failure of brain power (encephalasthenia); its nature and treatment. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction—Influence of the Struggle for Life—History of our Knowledge of the Complaint i CHAPTER I. THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN. Historical Retrospect—The Greek Philosophers and Physicians— The Arabs—The Renaissance—Vesalius, Varoli, Descartes— The Dutch, French, and Germans—Golgi and Ramon y Cajal —Experiments by Ablation of Portions of the Brain—Electrical Experiments—Clinical Observations and Autopsies—Develop- mental Researches—Myelination—The Sensory Areas and Mental Centres 7 The Neuroglia—The Neurone—The Nerve-cell—Nissl Bodies— Pyramidal Cells—Association Cells—The Nucleus—Weight of Brain and Intracranial Capacity—The Axone—The Neuro- pilema—Nutrition of the Axone—Trophic Action—The Myeline Sheath and its Function—The Dendrites—Rabl- Riickhard's Hypothesis of Amoeboid Changes — Electrical Theory of the Author 23 The Functions of the Brain : I.—The Intellectual Sphere—The Pre-frontal Area—Bianchi's and Flechsig's Researches—The Posterior Association Centre—The Great Composers of Music—The Ape-fissure —The Island of Reil—The Anterior Association Centre— The Two Hemispheres Enable the Brain to do Double Work 58