The significance of the rete mirabile in Vesalius's work: An example of the dangers of inductive inference in medicine

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 761-768

  Bataille, Benoit ^a   Wager, Michel ^a   Lapierre, Francoise ^a   Goujon, J Michel ^a   Buffenoir, Kevin ^a   Rigoard, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Galen; History of medicine; Rete mirabile; Vesalius

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; DISSECTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; NEUROANATOMY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34147206222     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255391.92785.ED     Document Type: Article

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