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The belief that electricity, the fourth of the modern forces, is the stuff of thought has permeated brain science since the late 1700s. ...while the … - Richard Bergland
" "The belief that electricity, the fourth of the modern forces, is the stuff of thought has permeated brain science since the late 1700s. ...while the brain was regarded as 'dry', all other organs were conceived as 'wet'. Doubtless the study of brain electricity helped in understanding the internal circuits of the brain, but it solved few problems of brain disease.
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Richard M. Bergland (1932 - 2007) was an author, administrator, neurosurgeon and neuroscientist. He was chief of neurosurgery at Beth Israel Hospital of New York. He was also a Van Wagenen Scholar, a Markle Scholar and Macy Faculty Scholar and served academic appointments at Oxford, Harvard, Cornell and Columbia, among others.
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