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From Soul to Sink

Francis Schiller, MD

Arch Neurol. 1997;54(9):1158-1162.

Abstract
The early concept that the cerebral ventricles harbor the soul began to break down only in the Renaissance. Thanks to determined anatomical studies and physiological considerations regarding the role played by the cerebrospinal fluid, the function of the ventricles was reduced to merely being a receptacle for metabolic waste.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of the History of the Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco.

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