9781332247608 - Brain-Rest (Classic Reprint) de Corning, J. Leonard (4 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book examines sleep, a phenomenon essential to health and intellectuality, through the lens of the 19th-century scientific and medical understanding. The book details the physiological processes that occur during sleep, including the changes in circulation, respiration, and brain activity. The author discusses the relationship between mental and physical exhaustion, sleep, and dreaming, and explores the potential consequences of sleep deprivation and disorders, including the link to mental illness. The author concludes by examining potential treatments for sleeplessness, including both medicinal and behavioral approaches. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Condición: New. KlappentextrnrnExcerpt from Brain-RestIn a speech published recently,1 Mr. Herbert Spencer has drawn special and deserved attention to the excessive degree of nervous activity which has become so characteristic a feature of centres of mo.