Studies on The Cerebral Cortex (Limbic Structures). Translated from the Spanish by Lisbeth M. Kraft.

Ramón y Cajal, Santiago

Publication Date: 1955

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London : Lloyd-Luke (Medical Books) Ltd., 1955, 8°, IX, (2), 179 pp., 108 Figs., orig. cloth binding. First Edition of the first english translation of "Estructura dela corteza cerebral olfativa del hombre y mamíferos" (1901). "Ramón y Cajal's descriptions of the limbic cortex are still the most authoritative. The above work and three shorter papers in the same volume were translated by L.M. Kraft as Studies on the cerebral cortex, London, 1955." Garrison & Morton No.1428.1 With preface by John F. Fulton and an introduction by Paul D. MacLean. "In 1951, in anticipation of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Santiago Ramon y Cajal, it was decided to translate into English his papers concerning the limbic cortex. These may be found in the Trabajos del Laboratorio de Investigaciones Biológicas de la Universidad de Madrid, Tomo 1,1901-2, on pp. 1, 141, 159, and 189. Portions of them have been available in German translation for some time. In presenting this material in English, an attempt has been made to preserve, wherever possible, the historical qualities of the original publication. Thus, for example, modern neurologists (or at least the publishers of their works) would be loath to present a bibliography constructed along the lines that Cajal has done for the present first chapter; but it was felt that to formalize the references according to today's customs would not necessarily add anything of intrinsic value. On the other hand, readers who will compare the present work with the original will discover that the body of the text has been outlined more thoroughly as to section headings than was done by Cajal. This has been undertaken solely to aid the student in finding his way about in the "labyrinthine paths" of the cortex with a minimum of effort. The translator is deeply grateful to the following: the Real Academia Nacional de Medicina, Madrid, and the Institute Cajal of the Universidad de Madrid for permission to publish these papers in English; Dr. John F. Fulton for his very gracious help in seeing to this publication; Dr. Paul D. MacLean for his dedicated interest and his willingness to devote long hours in poring over the manuscript; the Foundations' Fund for Research in Psychiatry for its generous support in defraying the cost of photographing the illustrations; and the present publishers for their patience with, solicitude lor, and co-operation in this endeavour. Translator's Foreword, Lisbeth M. Kraft. Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specializing in neuroanatomy and the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906. His original investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain made him a pioneer of modern neuroscience.

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• Title: Studies on The Cerebral Cortex (Limbic Structures). Translated from the Spanish by Lisbeth M. Kraft.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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