Cognition and recognition : on the origin of movement : Rademaker (1887-1957), a biography / by L.A.H. Hogenhuis.

This book throws a penetrating light on the life and work of the physiologist turned neurologist G.G.J. Rademaker against the background of flourishing clinical research in the Netherlands of the early twentieth century. It charts the rise and fall of the branch of experimental neurophysiology of wh...

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Main Author: Hogenhuis, Leon A. H., 1927-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:History of science and medicine library ; v. 6.
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Summary:This book throws a penetrating light on the life and work of the physiologist turned neurologist G.G.J. Rademaker against the background of flourishing clinical research in the Netherlands of the early twentieth century. It charts the rise and fall of the branch of experimental neurophysiology of which Rademaker was a master, which was transmitted from Charles Sherrington in England to Rudolf Magnus at Utrecht and then to Rademaker, Magnus's most talented pupil. Reaching its apogee in the 1920's and 1930's, it was replaced after World War II by other less invasive approaches. This biography is a.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 352 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789047443254
904744325X
1282399365
9781282399365
9786612399367
6612399368
ISSN:1872-0684 ;
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.