Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1513

PIERRE FLOURENS (1794-1867) Recherches expérimentales sur les propriétés et les fonctions du système nerveux, dans les animaux vertébrés. Chez Crevot 1824 xxvi, 331, [2] pp. 19.4 cm.

Flourens was one of the giants in the production of basic experimental neurological researches for which the nineteenth century was so notable in France. This book contains the most important research findings and neurophysiological principles which Flourens assembled during his extensive animal experiments while professor of comparative anatomy at the University of Paris. He correctly separated in general terms the functions of the cerebrum, medulla, and particularly elucidated the functions of the cerebellum. His approach to the function of the cerebrum was simplistic, and he did not acknowledge any special functional areas in the cerebral cortex.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 1493; Cushing F207; Wellcome III, p. 34