The Cytoarchitectonies of the Human Cerebral Cortex. By Constantin von Economo ., Translated by Dr. S. Parker.

Economo, Constantin Frh.v.

Publication Date: 1929

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Oxford Medical Publications. - London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leipzig, New York, Toronto, Melbourne, Cape Town, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Shanghai : Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1929, 8°, XII, 186 pp., 61 Figs., orig. cloth. First Edition! "The present work, translated into English by Dr S. Parker, is a condensation-an abstract of the essentials-of his great book and atlas (Die Cytoarchitektonik der Hirnrinde des erwachsenen Menschen", published in 1925). The author has also taken the opportunity to introduce modifications and additions which are new. For English anatomists and medical men generally, the present work will be a boon, for it presents them with an excellent summary of the present state of knowledge concerning the microscopic structure of the cortical areas of the brain. A comparison between the final cortical maps now published and those which Professor Elliot Smith contributed to this Journal in 1907, demonstrates a close correspondence and shows how reliable are the naked-eye methods which were used by Professor Elliot Smith. Chapters I and II are devoted to the lamination of the cortex, the constituent elements of each layer, the various grades of cortex, and a description of the methods which the author has employed in his investigations. A new system of dividing the brain into lobes is described, the lobes corresponding, not to gross markings, but to the type of structure revealed by a microscopic examination of the cortex. Chapters III and IV are given to the frontal lobe, chapters V and VI to the parietal lobe, chapter VII to the insular lobe, chapter VIII to the occipital lobe, chapter IX to the temporal lobe, and chapters X, XI to what was formerly named the "limbic" lobe. The final chapter, the most interesting of all, is devoted to the manifestations of the living cortex, consciousness being regarded as "the specific sensory energy of the cerebrum." Finally, the "natural law of progressive cerebration" is discussed." Reviews. J. Anat., 63/3 (1929): p.389 Constantin Freiherr von Economo (1876-1931) was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist of Romanian origin. He is mostly known for his discovery of encephalitis lethargica and his atlas of cytoarchitectonics of the cerebral cortex. Clarke and O'Malley (1996) wrote that, "C. von Economo and G.N. Koskinas produced a monumental work on cortical areas (Die Cytoarchitektonik.), based on the work of Brodmann but identifying more than twice his number of areas. Seller Inventory # 68858

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Title: The Cytoarchitectonies of the Human Cerebral...

Publication Date: 1929

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Edition: 1st Edition