AN interesting connexion is to be found between two recent conceptions of the nervous system, in its development and function. Pavlov's work indicates that the function of the cerebral cortex is the ...

ONE is often grateful for the existence of general surveys which are written for international congresses or commemorative volumes. They provide excellent opportunities of summarizing a subject in a ...

How Jesus reconditions our life even after we fail him. Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, took ...

Ivan Pavlov was born in a small village in central Russia. His family hoped that he would become a priest, and he went to a theological seminary. After reading Charles Darwin, he found that he cared ...

Based on: Conditioned Reflexes and Neuron Organization. By Jerzy Konorski. Translated from the Polish under the author's supervision by Stephen Garry. 8°, cloth, 267 pp., with 18 illustrations.

As he nears 200 years of age, Jonathan the tortoise has been receiving a great deal of international attention. However, longevity is not the only reason why we should find Jonathan to be of special ...

REHABILITATION to any practical extent is impossible for a patient with a spinal-cord or cauda-equina injury unless he can be certain that he can have infallible control of his bowel under ordinary ...