Article ID: CBB000410872

Edward Tyson's 1680 Account of the “Porpess” Brain and its Place in the History of Comparative Neurology (2003)

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Description Includes a discussion of how prevailing theological ideas affected his understanding of the uniqueness of humanity.


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Authors & Contributors
Hlade, Josef
Plebe, Alessio
Rutten, Geert-Jan
Cornel, Tabea
Bassiri, Nima Rad
Wokler, Robert
Journals
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Medicina Historica
Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Social Studies of Science
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Publishers
Springer
Oxford University Press
MIT Press
University of California, Berkeley
Concepts
Neuroanatomy
Neurosciences
Brain
Brain localization
Neurophysiology
Comparative anatomy
People
Tyson, Edward
Gall, Franz Joseph
Haller, Albrecht von
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc de
Winterhaler, Elisabeth
Whytt, Robert
Time Periods
19th century
17th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
21st century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
France
Naples (Italy)
Italy
Germany
California (U.S.)
Institutions
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
Royal Society of London
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