Wiki Page, Test Course: Week 4: Animal electricity, nerves & action potentials/Understanding the history of psychiatry

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Animal electricity, nerves & action potentials Prof Max Bennett. Mind and brain function within an historical and philosophical context – 1717AD – 1871AD – Fontana, Galvani, and van Helmholtz.

Bennett MR. (1999) The early history of the synapse: from Plato to Sherrington. Brain Res Bull 50(2):95-118.

Bennett MR, Hacker PM. (2002) The motor system in neuroscience: a history and analysis of conceptual developments. Prog Neurobiol 67(1):1-52.

Understanding the history of psychiatry Dr Gregory de Moore. Examining the legal, religious and medical issues that existed in nineteenth century Australia through a case study of the suicide of Thomas Wentworth Wills.

de Moore GM. (1999) The suicide of Thomas Wentworth Wills. Med J Aust. 1999 Dec 6-20;171(11-12):656-8.

Rosen G. (1971) History in the study of suicide. Psychol Med. 1971 Aug;1(4):267-85.