The Brain Takes Shape: An Early History
By addebook • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Medicine •
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Robert L. Martensen, “The Brain Takes Shape: An Early History”
Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (April 2, 2004) | ISBN:0195151720 | 280 pages | PDF | 14,9 Mb
Review
“This is a well-researched book about an important topic that is underrepresented in the history of science: the transformation, mainly during the 17th century, of the widespread belief that the heart is the primary locus of personhood to the belief that, in fact, the brain serves this function.” –The New England Journal of Medicine
Advance Praise:
“Scholars often pay lip service to the important roles of theological and philosophical concepts in the making of modern science and medicine. Robert Martensen has taken the platitude seriously, and his book powerfully demonstrates how our modern beliefs about mind and body were first elaborated in the seventeenth century, when philosophy, theology and science were intertwined. The result is a cultural history of biomedicine at its very best.”–W.F. Bynum, MD, PhD, FRCP, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London
“While fascinating as a textbook of medical intellectual history, the greatest thrill comes when the reader connects the historical material to his or her 21st century experience…Any psychiatrist, physician, healer, or therapist who seeks to increase his or her perspective beyond the constraints of current schools of thought will cherish this book.” –Ole J. Thienhaus, M.D., University of Nevada Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
“Matensen has provided a rich and fascinating account of the origins of our modern understanding of the relations of mind and brain.”–Bulletin of the History of Medicine
“…this is an excellent book that integrates Martensen’s earlier writings on anatomy, theology, and women’s bodies with newer materials in challenging and satisfying ways. It deserves a wide readership.”–Journal of the History of Medicine
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