Article ID: CBB001213875

Emil du Bois-Reymond on “The Seat of the Soul” (2014)

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The German pioneer of electrophysiology, Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818--1896), is generally assumed to have remained silent on the subject of the brain. However, the archive of his papers in Berlin contains manuscript notes to a lecture on The Seat of the Soul that he delivered to popular audiences in 1884 and 1885. These notes demonstrate that cerebral localization and brain function in general had been concerns of his for quite some time, and that he did not shy away from these subjects.

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Authors & Contributors
Paretti, Germana
Finkelstein, Gabriel W.
Eling, Paul
De Palma, Armando
Gamboa, J. P.
Christoffer Leber
Concepts
Neurosciences
Brain localization
Electrophysiology
Medicine
Medical instruments and apparatus
Human physiology
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
18th century
Places
Germany
London (England)
Netherlands
France
Berlin (Germany)
Great Britain
Institutions
Prussian Academy of Sciences
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