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Georges Gilles de la Tourette: the definitive biography: Georges Gilles de la Tourette: beyond the eponym, by Walusinski, O., New York, Oxford University Press, 2019, £ 25.99 (hardcover), 512 pp., ISBN 978-0190636036 Georges Gilles de la Tourette: beyond the eponym, by Walusinski, O. New York, Oxford University Press, 2019, £ 25.99 (hardcover), 512 pp., ISBN 978-0190636036 It is tempting to speculate that the history of medicine is populated by heroes, unsung heroes, and half-sung heroes. In 1884, Gilles de la Tourette, prompted by Charcot, described nine patients who presented with motor and vocal tics (Gilles de la Tourette, [6]). [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book "Gilles de la Toureue Syndrome," 2nd ed., by Arthur K. Shapiro, Elaine S. Shapiro, J. Gerald Young, and Todd E. Feinberg.

The article reviews the book "Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome, second edition," by Arthur K. Shapiro, Elaine S. Shapiro and J. Gerald Young.

Reviews books about heredity. 'Search for the Tourette Syndrome and Human Behavior Genes,' by David E. Comings; 'Evolution of Social Insect Colonies: Sex Allocation and Kin Selection,' by Ross H. Crozier and Pekka Pamilo; 'The Gene Bomb,' by David E. Comings.

The article reviews the book "Medical Muses: Hysteria in 19th-Century Paris," by A. Hustvedt.

Reviews the book 'Boo! Culture, Experience and the Startle Reflex,' by Ronald C. Simons.

Reviews the book `A Cursing Brain? The Histories of Tourette Syndrome,' by Howard I. Kushner.

The article reviews the book "The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder," by Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield.

Reviews the book `A Cursing Brain?: The Histories of Tourette Syndrome,' by Howard I. Kushner.

Reviews the book 'Textbook of Clinical Neuropsychiatry,' edited by David P. Moore.

Reviews the book `Lise Meitner and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age,' by Patricia Rife.

The article reviews the book "Disturbances of the Mind" by Douwe Draaisma, translated by Barbara Fasting.

The article reviews the books including "Operative Neuromodulation: Functional Neuroprosthetic Surgery," volume 1, edited by D. E. Sakas, B. A. Simpson and E. S. Krames, and "Operative Neuromodulation: Neural Networks Surgery," volume 2, edited by D. E. Sakas, and B. A. Simpson.

Trousseau made a remarkably large number of original clinical contributions to medicine and neurology. Best known are Trousseau's syndrome, the combination of venous thrombosis with visceral carcinoma; tache cérébrale, the red streak seen on scratching the skin in acute meningitis; and Trousseau's sign, the cardinal physical sign in tetany. His pioneering work in tracheostomy in diphtheria, haemochromatosis, Parkinson's disease, aphasia and chorea are but a few of his outstanding clinical studies. Based on his famously comprehensive text, Clinique Médicale de l'Hôtel Dieu, this paper highlights a few of his discoveries. The name of Armand Trousseau must stand alongside those of Charcot, Oppenheim, Jackson and Gowers in the annals of neurology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

René Descartes was not the first person to suggest an explanation of how the structures in the brain were related to the production of the phenomena of consciousness, but he is the most notorious. For him, it was the pineal gland that seemed to have the all-important role in regulating the fluids in the brain which Descartes believed animated the body through the networks of neurons operating like hydraulic pipe works. In more recent times, neuroscientists have continued in their hope to explain consciousness, but have largely steered clear of addressing it directly, perhaps because consciousness has been seen as more of a metaphysical trap than a legitimate scientific topic. Still, many researchers are confident that a sufficient scientific understanding of the brain will bring with it an explanation of consciousness. A problem with most explanations proposed by scientists and philosophers is that they fail to develop a reasonably comprehensive and holistic conception of consciousness that is even worth the trouble of scientific and philosophical arguments over its relation to known phenomena or coherent theories. I am enchanted to say that such a comprehensive and holistic conception has finally presented itself which can be related to many of the significant aspects of neurocognitive phenomena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books Reviewed: S. H. Broman and J. M. Fletcher, The Changing Nervous System: Neurobehavioral Consequences of Early Brain Disorders. M. Siegal and C. C. Peterson, Children's Understanding of Biology and Health. Nick Bouras, Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders in People with Developmental Disabilities and Mental Retardation. Howard I. Kushner, A Cursing Brain? The Histories of Tourette Syndrome. David Foulkes, Children's Dreaming and the Development of Consciousness. E. Fivaz-Depeursinge and A. Corboz-Warnery, The Primary Triangle: A Developmental Systems View of Mothers, Fathers, and Infants. L. L. Greenhill and B. B. Osman, Ritalin. Theory and Practice (2nd ed.). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]