From Clouds to the Brain : The Movement of Electricity in Medical Science
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title page -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 The Birth of an Electrical Culture: From Frankenstein to Hyde -- 1.1. "Re"creating life? -- 1.2. Changing and regulating behavior -- 1.3. Possible electrical profiling? -- 2 From Physics to Electrifying...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Newark : John Wiley & Sons,
2020
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| Schlagworte: | Electricity in medicine Medicine Electricity in medicine-History Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title page -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 The Birth of an Electrical Culture: From Frankenstein to Hyde -- 1.1. "Re"creating life? -- 1.2. Changing and regulating behavior -- 1.3. Possible electrical profiling? -- 2 From Physics to Electrifying Physicists -- 2.1. Physics, knowledge of laws and nature of electricity -- 2.2. Medical physics: philosophical issues -- 2.3. Healing machines? -- 3 Controversial Electricity Applications -- 3.1. Paralysis -- 3.2. Nervous disorders -- 3.3. Electricity: between the normal and the pathological -- 4 Animal Electricity: Between Medicine and Physiology -- 4.1. Understanding life: heuristic experiments -- 4.2. Medical galvanism -- 4.3. Electrocentric life -- 5 Between Electrotherapy Rooms and Laboratories: Specializing Electricity -- 5.1. Electrical therapies: emergencies and interventionism -- 5.2. Exploration and recording of nervous system activities -- 6 Disorders and Resurgences of Electrical Neurostimulation Therapies: From Heath to Deep Brain Stimulation -- 6.1. Stimulation, control and improvement of moral and cognitive capacities -- 6.2. Deep brain stimulation and psychiatry -- 6.3. Man, brain and machine -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Terms -- End User License Agreement. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781119779506 1119779502 9781786305954 178630595X |