Pliny the Elder: Lessons from the Naturalist as an Early Neuroscientist. (April 2023)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Pliny the Elder: Lessons from the Naturalist as an Early Neuroscientist. (April 2023)
- Main Title:
- Pliny the Elder: Lessons from the Naturalist as an Early Neuroscientist
- Authors:
- Chu, Duong T.
Rosso, Mattia
Santoro, Jonathan D. - Abstract:
- Pliny the Elder was a prolific Roman author, naturalist, and military leader. Yet, his impact on modern-day neuroscience, psychiatry, and neurology has been little explored. Here, we aimed to trace the origins of our current understanding of the brain in ancient Rome through Pliny and his work, Natural History . As his magnum opus, this 37-book tome catalogs the facts and observations of natural life collected by Pliny, reflecting the knowledge of his time. Following the cephalocentric school of thought, Pliny places the brain as an agent for consciousness and details its diseases. Further, we explore Pliny's methods, which allow him to build a thorough collection of clinical descriptions and remedies. This body of work serves as an important lesson for future neuroscientists on the power of observation, the role of the humanities, and the necessity of understanding the origin of modern scientific thinking.
- Is Part Of:
- Neuroscientist. Volume 29:Number 2(2023)
- Journal:
- Neuroscientist
- Issue:
- Volume 29:Number 2(2023)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 29, Issue 2 (2023)
- Year:
- 2023
- Volume:
- 29
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2023-0029-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 150
- Page End:
- 157
- Publication Date:
- 2023-04
- Subjects:
- Pliny the Elder -- history of neurology -- biography -- epilepsy -- consciousness
Neurosciences -- Periodicals
Neurology -- Periodicals
Neurobiology -- Periodicals
616.8005 - Journal URLs:
- http://nro.sagepub.com ↗
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http://firstsearch.oclc.org ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/10738584211026527 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1073-8584
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