Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard: The Biography of a Tormented Genius by Louis-Cyril Celestin (Hardcover, 2013)

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ISBN-13: 9783319030197, 978-3319030197. Not so Brown-Sequard. Genius and dilettantism often go hand in hand.

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Genius and dilettantism often go hand in hand. Nowhere is this truer than in the life of Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard, the bilingual physician and neurologist who succeeded Claude Bernard as the Chair of Experimental Medicine at the College de France in Paris after having practiced in Paris, London and in the USA, especially in Harvard. For most men, making one discovery of global importance would have sufficed to satisfy their curiosity and self-image. Not so Brown-Sequard. His explanation of the neurological disparity following the hemi-section of the spinal cord was a unique achievement that added his name to the syndrome and made him immortal. Yet, the demons of his mind tormented him in his endless search for medical truths and drove him to explore other phenomena, seeking to explain and remedy them. This unique biography shows for the first time the conflict between his professional and personal life, and should appeal to all students of medical history and psychology.

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PublisherSpringer International Publishing A&G
ISBN-139783319030197
eBay Product ID (ePID)176537979

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Number of Pages281 Pages
Publication NameCharles-Edouard Brown-Sequard: the Biography of a Tormented Genius
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedicine
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
AuthorLouis-Cyril Celestin
FormatHardcover

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Item Height235 mm
Item Weight5679 g
Item Width155 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureSwitzerland
Title_AuthorLouis-Cyril Celestin

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