History of Physiology : Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Budapest, 1980

Advances in Physiological Sciences, Volume 21: History of Physiology covers the proceedings of the symposia of the 28th Congress of Physiology. Comprised of nine chapters, the book reviews the history of physiological studies. The first chapter discusses the beginnings of the quantitative thinking in medicine, while the second chapter tackles the relation of clinical to non-clinical medicine according to Thomas Sydenham. The next chapter reviews the history of comparative physiology, and Chapter 4 discusses the historical development of cognitive psychophysiology. Chapter 5 deals with the study on the medical heritage of Avicenna, and Chapter 6 talks about studies on the anatomy and physiology of the pig fetus and placenta. The seventh chapter tackles physiological concepts in ancient and medieval India, while the eighth chapter discusses Jan Nepomuk Czermak in Hungary. The last chapter presents A Short Summation of Physiology, the first book of physiology in Hungarian. Readers who have an interest in the history of medical studies will find the book appealing, since it focuses on the historical aspect rather than the technical aspect. Content: ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv FOREWORD , Page v , J. Szentágothai AN EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF PHYSIOLOGY , Pages ix-xvi , Chandler McC. Brooks ON THE BEGINNINGS OF QUANTITATIVE THINKING IN MEDICINE (NICHOLAS OF CUSA AND THE IDIOT ) , Pages 1-7 , Emil Schultheisz THE RELATION OF CLINICAL TO NON-CLINICAL MEDICINE ACCORDING TO THOMAS SYDENHAM (1624–1689) , Pages 9-21 , Jeffrey Boss THE HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY , Pages 23-28 , M. Fontaine THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY: THEORY AND MEASUREMENT , Pages 29-47 , F.J. McGuigan STUDY ON THE MEDICAL HERITAGE OF AVICENNA (IBN SINA) , Pages 49-51 , B.D. Petrov STUDIES ON THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PIG FETUS AND PLACENTA: AN HISTORICAL REVIEW , Pages 53-60 , Alastair A. Macdonald PHYSIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL INDIA , Pages 61-75 , Ashis Sinha JAN NEPOMUK CZERMAK IN HUNGARY , Pages 77-84 , József Antall, Károly Kapronczay A PHYSIOLOGIÁNAK RÖVID SOMMÁJA — A SHORT SUMMATION OF PHYSIOLOGY THE FIRST BOOK OF PHYSIOLOGY IN HUNGARIAN , Pages 85-87 , Arisztid G.B. Kovách, Emil Schultheisz NAME INDEX , Pages 205-208