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J R Soc Med 2003;96:368
doi:10.1258/jrsm.96.7.368
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J R Soc Med 2003;96:368
© 2003 The Royal Society of Medicine

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Willis's Cerebri Anatome

William Feindel

Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

E-mail: william.feindel{at}mcgill.ca

The admirers of Thomas Willis are indebted to Dr O'Connor (March 2003 JRSM1) for adding further evidence that Cerebri Anatome (1664) reflects the religious and political practices of mid-17th-century England. Keele previously noted that the dedication of this famous book can leave no reasonable doubt that Willis carried through all his great work on the anatomy of the brain in a deeply religious spirit. Like William Harvey before him Willis saw nothing incongruous between religious sincerity and anatomical investigation.2 Willis dedicated all three of his works on the anatomy, pathology and clinical disorders of the nervous system to Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury and his patron, patient and friend. After a devoted and pious life, his body was laid to rest in Westminster Abbey, a fitting tribute to the founder of neurology.3,4

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  1. O'Connor JPB. Thomas Willis and the background to Cerebri Anatome. J R Soc Med 2003; 96: 139 -43[Free Full Text]

  2. Kelle KD. Thomas Willis on the brain. Med Hist 1967;11: 193 -200

  3. Feindel W. Restoration of memorial for Dr Thomas Willis (1621-1675) in Westminster Abbey. BMJ 1962; 1: 552 -3[Free Full Text]

  4. Feindel W. The beginnings of neurology: Thomas Willis and his circle of friends. In: Rose FC, ed. A Short History of Neurology. The British Contribution 1660-1910. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999: 1 -18


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