History of Neuroanatomy · Garrison-Morton-Norman

Year	Title & Tags	Author(s)
1750	Adversaria anatomica, de omnibus corporis humani partium, tum descriptionibus, cum picturis, Adversaria anatomica Prima, De omnibus cerebri, nervorum & organorum functionibus animalibus inserventium, descriptionibus & iconismis. Neurology & Psychiatry	TARIN, Pierre (1725 – 1761)
1819–1826	Vom Baue und Leben des Gehirns. 3 vols. Neurology & Psychiatry	BURDACH, Karl Friedrich (1776 – 1847)
1895–1901	Anatomie des centres nerveux. 2 vols. Neurology & Psychiatry Women & Gender	DEJERINE, Joseph Jules (1849 – 1917) DEJERINE-KLUMPKE, Augusta (1859 – 1927)
1971	Historical aspects of cerebral anatomy. Neurology & Psychiatry Historiography & General Works	MEYER, Alfred
1974	The way in and the way out. François Magendie, Charles Bell and the roots of the spinal nerves. With a facsimile of Charles Bell’s annotated copy of his Idea of a new anatomy of the brain. Edited by Paul Cranefield. Physiology & Embryology	BELL, Sir Charles (1774 – 1842) MAGENDIE, François (1783 – 1855) CRANEFIELD, Paul Frederick (1925 – 2003)
1978	Catalog of works in the neurological sciences collected by Cyril Brian Courville, representative of clinical neurology, neuroanatomy, and neuropathology with particular reference to head trauma. Surgery & Anesthesia Bibliography & Catalogs	COURVILLE, Cyril Brian (1900 – 1968) COOPER, William Conrad (1931 – 2006) THOMAS, M. L. Manson
1996	An illustrated history of brain function. Imaging the Brain from Antiquity to the Present. Second edition, revised and enlarged, with a new preface by Edwin Clarke and a new chapter surveying advances in imaging technology by Michael J. Aminoff. Neurology & Psychiatry	CLARKE, Edwin Sisterton (1919 – 1996) DEWHURST, Kenneth Eastham (1919 – 1984)
2000	A history of neuroanatomical mappiing IN: Arthur W. Toga and John C. Mazziotta, Brain mapping: The systems, Chapter 3, pp. 77-109. Neurology & Psychiatry Diagnostics & Imaging	SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – ) TOGA, Arthur W. MAZZIOTTA, John C.
2006	Atlas of regional anatomy of the brain using MRI with functional correlations Neurology & Psychiatry Diagnostics & Imaging	TAMRAZ, Jean Churcri (1954 – ) COMAIR, Youssef G.
2011	Printing and the brain of man. Surgery & Anesthesia Bibliography & Catalogs	FLAMM, Eugene Sommer (1937 – )
2015	Neuroanatomical terminology: A lexicon of classical origins and historical foundations. Neurology & Psychiatry Encyclopedias & Collected Works Historiography & General Works	SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – )
2016	Anatomy: An encyclopedic reference to the language of anatomy and neuroanatomy. It provides the fascinating origin of terms and biographies of anatomists/physicians who originated them. Modern Neurology & Psychiatry Historiography & General Works	BERGMAN, Ronald Arly (1927 – ) AFIFI, Adel K.
2017	The beautiful brain: The drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Edited with commentaries by Eric A. Newman, Alfonso Araque, and Janet M. Dubinsky. Essays by Larry W. Swanson, Lyndel King, and Eric Himmel. Neurology & Psychiatry Arts, Literature & Humanities Zoology & Animal Sciences	CAJAL, Santiago Ramón y (1852 – 1934) SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – ) NEWMAN, Eric A. ARAQUE, Alfonso DUBINSKY, Janet M. HIMMEL, Eric

1750 TARIN, Pierre (1725 – 1761)

Adversaria anatomica, de omnibus corporis humani partium, tum descriptionibus, cum picturis, Adversaria anatomica Prima, De omnibus cerebri, nervorum & organorum functionibus animalibus inserventium, descriptionibus & iconismis.

The first pictorial history of neuroanatomy, which contains some of the very first color engravings of the brain. The three colored copperplates were by “a certain Robert", a pupil of Le Blon, the inventor of three-co…

GMN 6950 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9115

1819 –1826 BURDACH, Karl Friedrich (1776 – 1847)

Vom Baue und Leben des Gehirns. 3 vols.

Includes description of “Burdach’s column”, the posterior column of the spinal cord. This work is also “an unrivalled source of historical information on macroscopical neuroanatomy” (Meyer).

GMN 1358 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1661

1895 –1901 DEJERINE, Joseph Jules (1849 – 1917); DEJERINE-KLUMPKE, Augusta (1859 – 1927)

Anatomie des centres nerveux. 2 vols.

Classic summary of neuroanatomy at the end of the nineteenth century—comprehensive, beautifully illustrated, and scholarly. It is a goldmine of historical information with an outstanding bibliography.

GMN 1424 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2158

1971 MEYER, Alfred

Historical aspects of cerebral anatomy.

A highly detailed, very technical, but well-documented study.

GMN 1588.8 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1497

1974 BELL, Sir Charles (1774 – 1842); MAGENDIE, François (1783 – 1855); CRANEFIELD, Paul Frederick (1925 – 2003)

The way in and the way out. François Magendie, Charles Bell and the roots of the spinal nerves. With a facsimile of Charles Bell’s annotated copy of his Idea of a new anatomy of the brain. Edited by Paul Cranefield.

An annotated bibliography of the literature documenting the history of this controversy together with reproductions of the texts of the crucial papers. See Nos. 1254-1259.

GMN 1588.14 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1538

1978 COURVILLE, Cyril Brian (1900 – 1968); COOPER, William Conrad (1931 – 2006); THOMAS, M. L. Manson

Catalog of works in the neurological sciences collected by Cyril Brian Courville, representative of clinical neurology, neuroanatomy, and neuropathology with particular reference to head trauma.

GMN 8775 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10953

1996 CLARKE, Edwin Sisterton (1919 – 1996); DEWHURST, Kenneth Eastham (1919 – 1984)

An illustrated history of brain function. Imaging the Brain from Antiquity to the Present. Second edition, revised and enlarged, with a new preface by Edwin Clarke and a new chapter surveying advances in imaging technology by Michael J. Aminoff.

First edition, Oxford, 1985.

GMN 1588.9 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1503

2000 SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – ); TOGA, Arthur W.; MAZZIOTTA, John C.

A history of neuroanatomical mappiing IN: Arthur W. Toga and John C. Mazziotta, Brain mapping: The systems, Chapter 3, pp. 77-109.

Extensively illustrated in color, with a thorough bibliography of original references.

GMN 6825 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8989

2006 TAMRAZ, Jean Churcri (1954 – ); COMAIR, Youssef G.

Atlas of regional anatomy of the brain using MRI with functional correlations

Though this book is intended for clinical and neurosurgical applications, the authors take an historical approach. Chapter 1 is "Historical review of cross-sectional anatomy of the brain."

GMN 12732 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14978

2011 FLAMM, Eugene Sommer (1937 – )

Printing and the brain of man.

Annotated catalogue of an exhibition of rare books in the history of neuroanatomy and neurosurgery from Eugene Flamm's library, including many great classics.

GMN 8906 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11084

2015 SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – )

Neuroanatomical terminology: A lexicon of classical origins and historical foundations.

The first global, historically documented, hierarchically organized parts list of the human nervous system. "This defined vocabulary accurately and systematically describes every human nervous system structural featur…

GMN 6824 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8988

2016 BERGMAN, Ronald Arly (1927 – ); AFIFI, Adel K.

Anatomy: An encyclopedic reference to the language of anatomy and neuroanatomy. It provides the fascinating origin of terms and biographies of anatomists/physicians who originated them.

GMN 11138 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13334

2017 CAJAL, Santiago Ramón y (1852 – 1934); SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – ); NEWMAN, Eric A.; ARAQUE, Alfonso; DUBINSKY, Janet M.; HIMMEL, Eric

The beautiful brain: The drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Edited with commentaries by Eric A. Newman, Alfonso Araque, and Janet M. Dubinsky. Essays by Larry W. Swanson, Lyndel King, and Eric Himmel.

A spectacular volume reproducing Ramón y Cajal's drawings in very high quality, and with significant commentaries.

GMN 8867 https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11045