The birth of modern neuroscience in Turin / Edited By Stefano Sandrone and Lorenzo Lorusso.

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[2022]
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"In the early 18th century, Piedmontese intellectuals and scientists were keen on dialoguing with colleagues and academic institutions across the Alps. They had a truly cosmopolitan approach to research and its dissemination. Physicians were particularly active, and ideas started to circulate. Turin and Piedmont found themselves within a network connecting the most important European capitals, but also their scientific societies and the universities. This stimulating environment was further enriched by the growth of the civil society: new academies were funded and scientific works were published. These became the pillars of a renewed 'cosmopolitan spirit'. During the second half of the century, exchanges among academic institution and societies, but also friendships and personal contacts (sometimes even occasional) favoured the 'process of Europeanisation' (and of 'deprovincialization') of Piedmontese culture and its medicine. This process was defined and described by Vincenzo Ferrone, an historian of the Enlightenment. As a result, Turin joined the league of other European capitals, such as Paris, Berlin and Saint Petersburg (Ferrone, 1988). This became especially evident under Victor Amadeus II, were rationalisation programmes against myths and false beliefs flourished"-- Provided by publisher.

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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

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xiv, 294 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

The Savoy-Piedmont 'Renaissance' : from pre-Enlightenment to the end of the 18th century / Germana Pareti -- The Savoy-Piedmont 'Renaissance' : between materialism and spiritualism / Germana Pareti -- Carlo Francesco Giuseppe Bellingeri, a forgotten pioneer of the Italian neurology / Lorenzo Lorusso and Stefano Zago -- Exploring the Museum of Human Anatomy / Giacomo Giacobini, Cristina Cilli, Giancarla Malerba -- Cesare Lombroso: an unconventional biography / Paul Knepper -- Seeing the history of neuroscience in Turin through the lenses of its instruments, part 1 / Marco R. Galloni -- Enrico Morselli in Turin : expectations, challenges, and disappointment / Alessandro Bargoni -- Neuroimaging before neuroimaging : Angelo Mosso's pioneering experiments / Stefano Sandrone -- The role of Federico Kiesow in the development of experimental psychology in Europe / Stefano Zago and Lorenzo Lorusso -- Camillo Negro : neurologist, neuroscientist, science communicator and mentor / Adriano Chiò, Andrea Calvo -- Brief happy military-neurophysiological stint of Mario Camis in wartime Turin / Giovanni Berlucchi -- Seeing the history of neuroscience in Turin through the lenses of its instruments, part 2 / Marco R. Galloni -- Giulio Bizzozero and Aldo Perroncito : reform and regeneration / Ariane Dröscher -- Ernesto Lugaro : the founder of the Turin neurological school / Davide Schiffer -- Ernesto Lugaro : contributions to modern psychiatry / Filippo Bogetto and Silvio Bellino -- Agostino Gemelli's years in Turin / Carlo Cristini and Alessandro Porro -- Mario Ponzo and the age of visual illusions / Nicholas J. Wade -- Science and literature at Giuseppe Levi's home in Turin / Marco Piccolino -- Myth, religion, politics, and literature in Giuseppe Levi's Turin / Giacomo Magrini -- A real imperfection? Rita and the long story of the Nerve Growth Factor / Germana Pareti.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
    PA.34
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  • 9780190907587
  • 0190907584