BROWN, SANGER & E.A. SCHÄFER. - A CLASSIC PAPER IN NEUROPHSIOLOGY.

An Investigation into the Functions of the Occipital and Temporal Lobes of the Monkey's Brain.

(London, Harrison and Sons, 1889). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1888 - Vol. 179 - B. Pp. 303-327 a. 3 lithographed plates. Clean and fine.

First printing of a definitive paper in neurophysiology, starting the determination of the location in the cortex of the visual and sensory centers. It describes the effects of damage on the temporal lobe in monkeys and established the visual area in the occipital lobes.

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