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James Henry Breasted
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The Edwin Smith Surgical
The attention given to the side of the head which has received the injury, in connection with a specific reference to the side of the body nervously affected, is in itself evidence that in this case the ancient surgeon was already beginning observations on the localization of functions in the brain.
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James Henry Breasted
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The Edwin Smith Surgical
the first physician who is known to have counted the pulse, Herophilos of Alexandria {born 300 B.C.}, lived in Egypt.
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The Edwin Smith Surgical
The seat of consciousness and intelligence was from the earliest times regarded by the Egyptians as both the heart and the bowels or abdomen. Our surgeon, however, has observed the fact that injuries to the brain affect other parts of the body, especially in his experience the lower limbs. He notes the drag or shuffle of one foot, presumably the partial paralysis resulting from a cranial wound, and the ancient commentator carefully explains the meaning of the obsolete word used for "shuffle.
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