![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But each of them also evolved past the ancients, by emphasizing experiments and observation. Kean writes, "helped inaugurate a new approach to neuroscience. They ascertained that the king's brain was injured even though his skull wasn't, a landmark discovery in the annals of brain science. Paré and Vesalius received permission from Henri's queen, Catherine, to perform an autopsy, which was surprising since autopsies were rare and controversial at the time. The two esteemed physicians were called upon to treat the king, but, alas, he died 10 days after incurring his injury. In 1559, King Henri II of France stupidly took part in a jousting contest that resulted in a lance piercing his right eye and brain. The dueling neurosurgeons of the title were the two finest brain doctors in 16th-century Europe, Ambroise Paré and Andreas Vesalius. Kean uses historical incidents and case studies to explore the brain's components and attributes. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Descartes's famous tenet, "I think, therefore I am," is eerily undermined by Sam Kean's new book on the brain of Homo sapiens, which constantly prods the reader to ask, "Who-or what-am I?" "The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons" is, much like its subject, fascinating and exasperating, often simultaneously. Read reviews and buy The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons - by Sam Kean (Paperback) at Target. ![]()
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