Time Periods
The Mesolithic Period
The act of drilling holes into skulls as a therapeutic measure in the Hippocratic corpus.
Trepanation
The famous scientist who thought that thinking and reasoning took place in the brain.
Hippocrates
The understanding of the brain and how it functions
Neuroscience
The affect The Dark Age had on neuroscience study.
Stopped it for roughly 1500 years
The part of the brain is referenced to as "little brain".
Cerebellum
The scientist who said the brain contains "governing faculty".
Alimeon Of Croton
The removal of the gull bladder.
The effect of the Renaissance on neuroscience.
The largest and uppermost portion of the brain.
Cerebrum
A scientist who is a good example of dualistic thinking.
Rene Descartes
Where medical knowledge was stored while the western civilization was in the dark.
The Arabic World
The belief that the soul and brain are 2 separate things.
Dualistic Thinking
A scientist who performed experiences on the living brain.
Erasistratus
An excess of black vile.
Melancholy
The first known mentioning of the brain.
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
A body humor that causes diarrhea.
Cholera
A scientist who performed dissections of sheep's cerebrum and cerebellum.
Herophilus
The scientist who followed Herophilus's studies and work.
Galen