title: The soul and the pneuma in the function of the nervous system after Galen.
abstract: Galen's teaching on anatomy and physiology was generally accepted in the Middle Ages and this applies to the part he thought was played by the pneuma in the functions of the body. In this essay I have outlined the advances made after Galen in the study of the nervous system leading eventually to a time when the soul and the pneuma were no longer thought necessary for the proper functioning of the brain and nerves.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Quin
mesh_terms: D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000266:history; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history; D012018:Reflex