PSYC 3458 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Edwin Smith Papyrus, Axon Terminal, Motor Neuron
7 Feb 2017
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The beginning: first written reference to the brain (~1700bc) Edwin smith surgical papyrus: translated in the 1930"s. Releases inter-cranial pressure (might actually diminish some symptoms) For the most part, it was done to release evil spirits . Rst evidence of survival surgery > evidence that there was some healing of the bone. The ancient greeks: alcmaeon (5th century bc) Dissections: established connection between brain and sensory organs. The seat of sensation is in the brain : aristotle (4th century bc) Believed that the heart was the seat of intelligence and that the brain cooled the blood (observed uid- lled ventricles: hippocrates (4th century bc) The brain is the seat of intelligence . The brain exercises the greatest power in the man . Early anatomical studies: galenus (galen; ~200ad) Hippocrates bodily humors theory of human temperaments: imbalance of one of the four bodily uids: blood, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm. Ventricles must be connected to the body.
