Annotated title page of the first edition of Descartes' De homine, 1662, which contains the passages on reflex action, reciprocal innervation and the pineal gland as the seat of the soul. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650. French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. From Selected Readings in the History of Physiology, published 1930.

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