Pathology of the Brain and the Nervous System
Pathologiae Cerebri et Nervosi Generis Specimen
First Modern Translation
Only antiquated translations exist. This is the first modern English translation.
Open Library records indicate an English translation titled 'An essay of the pathology of the brain and nervous stock' published in 1681. This is a 17th-century translation, not a modern scholarly one. No modern complete translation was found in the search results.
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An essay of the pathology of the brain and nervous stock (1681) [complete] source
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About This Book
medicinenatural-philosophy
Thomas Willis challenges centuries of medical superstition by proposing that the brain, not the uterus or stomach, controls our most violent physical maladies. This text invites readers to view human disease as a chemical experiment where volatile animal spirits ignite like gunpowder within the nervous system.
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