Cognition and Recognition: On the Origin of Movement: Rademaker (1887-1957) (History of Science and Medicine Library)

Contents......Page 8
Foreword (Michel D. Ferrari, Leiden University Medical Centre)......Page 10
How to Use this Book......Page 12
List of Illustrations......Page 14
BOOK I Account of the Biographical Approach and Sources Used. Defi nition......Page 20
1.1. 'The Son of the Minister'. Prodromes......Page 29
1.2. Parents and Family......Page 31
1.3. Initial Steps and Training......Page 33
1.4. G.P. and Surgeon in Surabaya (1916–1922)......Page 35
Endnote......Page 38
BOOK II Experimental Physiology. Work in Magnus' Laboratory—'Körperstellung'. The Facts......Page 40
2.1. The Development of Rademaker's Working Method. 'The Husband-and-Wife Team'......Page 53
2.2. Thesis 'cum laude' (1924)......Page 76
2.3. The nucleus ruber. The 'King of the Red Nucleus'. The Red Nucleus meets Stereotaxis......Page 78
2.4. Experimental Physiology of French (Magendie, Claude Bernard)—Russian (Sechenov, Pavlov, De Cyon) and Anglosaxon (Sherrington) Origin. History......Page 86
2.5. 'Das Stehen'. Why Translating?......Page 104
2.6. The Fall Reflex and 'Mathematical Biology'......Page 144
2.7. Infant Development as a Mirror of the Evolutionary Process......Page 161
Endnotes......Page 167
BOOK III Physiology Leiden after Einthoven......Page 186
3.1. Blink Refl ex......Page 189
3.2. The RaGa Story in Paris......Page 201
3.2.1. The Results: The Three Eponyms......Page 204
3.3. 'Réactions labyrinthiques et équilibre'—The Study of Labyrinthine Function......Page 209
BOOK IV Wartime. The Philosophy Behind Resistance. In Memoriam Jan Mulders. Development of the Idea of Civitas Academica......Page 222
4.1. Theses Prepared under Rademaker's Supervision at the Neurophysiology Laboratory, Leiden (1932–1946)......Page 233
4.2.  Professor of Neurology (1944–1957)......Page 270
4.3.  'The Lengthening and Shortening Reactions'......Page 273
Endnotes......Page 277
BOOK V Rademaker the Man......Page 278
5.1.  Rademaker the Physician, the Surgeon, the Neurologist......Page 286
BOOK VI The End of Postural Research. A Short Summary with Chronology......Page 290
6.1.  Walshe's Account of a Visit to Magnus's Laboratory......Page 294
BOOK VII The Intellectual Climate in the Netherlands......Page 298
7.1. Bibliography......Page 301
7.2.  The Triptych......Page 315
7.3.  Honours......Page 317
BOOK VIII 'On the Origin of Movement'. History......Page 320
8.1.  Rademaker's Axioms and Postulates......Page 321
BOOK IX Geometrical—Trigonometrical Clue......Page 342
9.1. The Shadow of Movement......Page 344
9.2.  Mathematics Research with Rondot's Summary, Geometrical and Trigonometrical Model by the Author......Page 348
Death......Page 350
Rademaker's Legacy......Page 354
Epilogue: Four Epiphanies......Page 356
L'anecdote est le pretexte . . . et l'histoire de l'intimité......Page 360
Acknowledgments......Page 364
Conclusion on the Model of Cognition Presented......Page 368
Index......Page 370