NROB60H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: My Nigga, Rational Temperament, Gustav Fritsch
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5000 years ago in egypt were well aware of many symptoms of brain damage: thought the heart was the seat of the soul and the holder of memories. Rational temperament of humans was explained by the large cooling capacity of our brain. Views of the brain during the roman empire: galen (130-200 ce) =most important in roman medicine, physician to the gladiators witnessed consequences of spine and brain injuries, influenced by animal dissections, liked sheep brains. 2 this agreed with his four humours idea: sensations were registered and movements were initiated by the movement of humors to or from the brain ventricles via the nerves (hollow tubes like blood vessels) Supported the notion that the brain was machinelike in function. Dorsal root enters towards the back of the spinal cord. Ventral root enters toward the front: bell tested that the spinal roots carry information by cutting each root separately an observing the consequences in experimental animals.
