| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 352 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ; v. 6 |
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History of science and medicine library ; v. 6.
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| Contents |
Account of the Biographical Approach and Sources Used. Definition -- Experimental Physiology. Work in Magnus' Laboratory -- 'Körperstellung'. The Facts -- Physiology Leiden after Einthoven -- Wartime. The Philosophy Behind Resistance. In Memoriam Jan Mulders. Development of the Idea of Civitas Academica -- Rademaker the Man -- The End of Postural Research. A Short Summary with Chronology -- The Intellectual Climate in the Netherlands -- 'On the Origin of Movement'. History -- Geometrical, Trigonometrical Clue |
| Summary |
This book throws a penetrating light on the life and work of the physiologist turned neurologist G.G.J. Rademaker against the background of flourishing clinical research in the Netherlands of the early twentieth century. It charts the rise and fall of the branch of experimental neurophysiology of which Rademaker was a master, which was transmitted from Charles Sherrington in England to Rudolf Magnus at Utrecht and then to Rademaker, Magnus's most talented pupil. Reaching its apogee in the 1920's and 1930's, it was replaced after World War II by other less invasive approaches. This biography is a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Rademaker, G. G. J. (Gijsbertus Godefriedus Johannes), 1887-1957.
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| SUBJECT |
Rademaker, G. G. J. (Gijsbertus Godefriedus Johannes), 1887-1957 fast |
| Subject |
Neurophysiologists -- Netherlands -- Biography
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Neurophysiology.
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Physicians.
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Neurophysiology
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Physicians
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Biomedical Research -- history
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History, 20th Century
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Movement
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Neurophysiology -- history
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physicians.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
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MEDICAL -- Neuroscience.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
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Physicians
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Neurophysiology
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Neurophysiologists
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Neurophysiologie
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| SUBJECT |
Netherlands |
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Netherlands
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Niederlande
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008014325 |
| ISBN |
9789047443254 |
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904744325X |
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1282399365 |
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9781282399365 |
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9786612399367 |
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6612399368 |
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