ABSTRACT
First published in 1881. The present work, on the structure and functions of the brain, is an abstract of the author's persoal experience as regards this subject. It is divided into two distinct parts; the first, anatomical, serves as the foundation of the work. It is followed by a second, purely physiological, which is its complement and necessary sequence. It includes chapters on the optic thalamus, the corpus striatum, and the memory in exercise.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|80 pages
Anatomy of the Brain.
part II|129 pages
General Properties of the Nervous Elements.
part Book I|50 pages
Sensibility of the Nervous Elements.
part Book II|38 pages
Organic Phosphorescence of the Nervous Elements.
part Book III|39 pages
Automatic Activity of the Nervous Elements.
part III|118 pages
Evolution of the Processes of Cerebral Activity.
part Book I|35 pages
Phase of Incidence of the Procesśes of Cerebral Activity.
part Book II|61 pages
Phase of Propagation of the Processes of Cerebral Activity.
part Book III|18 pages
Phase of Reflection or Emission of the Processes of Cerebral Activity.