Cerebral Localization In Relation To Insanity : With Cases - Softcover

J. M. Carnochan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9354500439 ISBN 13: 9789354500435

Publisher: Alpha Editions, 2021

Synopsis

Where does madness live in the brain? In Cerebral Localization in Relation to Insanity, J. M. Carnochan follows the evidence from ward and post-mortem to map mind to matter. Brains leave clues in silence. Part clinical case reports collection, part classic psychiatry treatise, this historical medical textbook gathers carefully observed instances of insanity and brain lesions and asks what they reveal about cerebral localization theory. Written in the atmosphere of 19th century medicine and Victorian era psychiatry, it captures early neuropsychiatry research at a moment when neurology, pathology, and asylum practice were beginning to speak to one another. The result is a bracing psychiatry history reference: precise, argumentative, and rich in the details that made localisation debates urgent. Carnochan writes for physicians, yet his clear reasoning draws in anyone fascinated by how diagnosis, morality, and anatomy once intertwined in the clinic. Readers interested in the history of neuroscience will find a primary source that shows how ideas were tested against bodies, and how clinical language tried to keep pace with suffering. It also remains rewarding neurology students reading beyond the modern syllabus, offering a disciplined model of observation. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For the curious lay reader, it is a window onto how the brain first became a map; for collectors, a complete medical classic text with enduring cultural weight.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alpha Editions
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9354500439
• ISBN 13: 9789354500435
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 50