PBS "Secret Life of the Brain"
Forwarded to HISTNEUR-L after a technical glitch prevented its posting. --RJ --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 22:50:02 -0500 From: Harry Whitaker <whit@nmu.edu> folks: I was browsing the PBS "Secret Life of the Brain", (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/), looking for pictures of brain-scanning machines; while there I did a quick trip through their "history of the brain". Screen 2 labeled 2500 B.C. told me: "... an ancient Egyptian record known as the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus contains the first written account of the anatomy of the brain. Written by an unknown physician, the papyrus documents twenty-six cases of brain injury along with various treatment recommendations." It's been a while since I looked at the Edwin Smith text but I do not remember any anatomical discussions of the brain at all; what I remember is reference to exterior anatomical locations, e.g. the temporal bone, and the clinical material, of course. Does anyone recollect anything different? Whit --- End Forwarded Message ---