Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 539

THOMAS WILLIS (1621-1675) Pathologiae cerebri, et nervosi generis specimen. Apud Danielem Elzevirium 1670 [12] 338 [19] pp., port. 13 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 537

Willis followed up his anatomical account of the brain with this important work on its pathology and neurophysiology, first published in 1667. In it he develops a new theory of the cause of epilepsy and other convulsive diseases, and he makes a number of contributions to psychiatry. A second part of the volume is Willis' treatise on scurvy.

Cited references: Cushing W215 (1st ed., 1667); Osler 4249A (1668 ed.); Waller 10333

Gift of John Martin, M.D.