Benjamin Franklin and the neurosciences

Functional Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-75

  Finger, Stanley ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Franklin; Lead poisoning; Medical electricity; Mesmesrism; Paralyses

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ACHIEVEMENT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYSTERIA; LEAD POISONING; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTRUCTION; PARALYSIS; POLITICS; SCIENTIST; SUGGESTION; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING;

AMNESIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; HYSTERIA; LEAD POISONING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 33747209663     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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