Preface -- Mansell Bequest Symposia -- List of Contributors -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Cerebral Localization of Creativity George K. York -- Introduction -- Scientific Cerebral Localization -- The Localization of Creativity -- Commentary: The Neurologist in the Gallery -- References -- 2. Neural Concept Formation and Art: Dante, Michelangelo, Wagner Semir Zeki -- Introduction -- Abstraction as a Repetitively Applied Innate Cerebral "Concept" -- Functional Specialization in the Visual Brain -- Processing Sites in the Visual Brain Are Also Perceptual Sites -- Abstraction in the Visual Brain -- All Ideals Are Brain Constructs -- Brain Concepts That Are Only Realised in Art -- Dante and Beatrice -- The Non-finito of Michelangelo -- Ambiguity -- The Unrealizable in Wagner's Art -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3. The Neurology of Art: An Overview F. Clifford Rose -- Introduction: Science and Art -- Poliomyelitis -- Masaccio -- Migraine -- Hildegard of Bingen -- Ergotism -- St Anthony's Fire -- The Stone of Folly -- Hieronymus Bosch -- Neuro-Anatomy -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Vesalius -- The Spanish School -- Jose de Ribera -- Francisco Goya -- His Illness -- El Greco -- France -- Theodore Gericault -- The Low Countries -- Rembrandt van Rijn -- Vincent van Gogh -- Family History -- His Art -- His Illnesses -- The Ear Amputation -- His Attacks -- Differential Diagnosis -- Epilepsy -- Schizophrenia -- Neurosyphilis -- Bipolar disorder -- Substance abuse -- Alcohol -- Absinthe -- Digitalis -- Delirium tremens -- Meniere's disease -- Lead poisoning -- Porphyria -- Conclusion -- References -- 4. Galen and the Artful Symmetry of the Brain Julius Rocca -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- Bibliography -- 5. Leonardo da Vinci's Mechanical Art and the Origin of Modern Neurology David A. Steinberg -- Introduction.

Leonardo da Vinci and His Mechanical Art -- John Hughlings Jackson and Scientific Neurology -- Discussion -- References -- 6. The Art of Sir Charles Bell1 Christopher Gardner-Thorpe2 -- Charles Bell and His Family -- Medical Education in Edinburgh -- Charles Bell's Early Career in Surgery -- London (1804-1836) -- Essays on the Anatomy of Expression in Painting, 1806 -- La Coruna (1809) -- Marriage to Marion Shaw in 1811 -- Idea of a New Anatomy of the Brain, 1811 -- The Great Windmill Street School of Anatomy in 1812 -- Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital (1814-1836) -- The Battle of Waterloo (1815) -- The University of London in 1828 and a University Hospital -- Bridgewater Treatise (1833) -- More Surgery in London (1834-1836) -- Back to Edinburgh (1836-1842) -- The Final Illness in 1842 -- Memories and Legacies -- Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard78 -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1 -- Fifteen Sketches in Oil (the Corunna Oil Colours) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh -- Appendix 2 -- Sixteen Waterloo Watercolours at the Wellcome Institute in London -- Notes and References -- 7. Normal and Pathological Gait as Inspiration for the Artist Genevieve Aubert -- Introduction: Arthur Van Gehuchten -- De Putter and Van Gehuchten -- Artistic Legacy of Gait Studies -- Bacon, Muybridge and Dercum -- Chronophotography and Painting -- Londe and Richer -- Gait Analysis and Choreography -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 8. Epilepsy in Pictorial Art Bernt A. Engelsen -- Introduction -- The Epileptic as Being Seized or Possessed -- St. Valentine -- Treatment of Epilepsy -- Post-Renaissance Painters -- Artists with Declared Epilepsy -- Reflections -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9. Brain Mapping in Musicians Michael E. Charness & Gottfried Schlaug -- Introduction -- Nature and Nurture: The Development of Absolute Pitch.

Effect of Musical Training on the Functional Organization of the Auditory Cortex -- Acquisition of Motor Skill in Musicians -- Functional Reorganization of the Brain -- Structural Alterations in the Nervous System Associated with Musical Training -- Focal Hand Dystonia, a Disorder of Skill -- Pathophysiology of Focal Limb Dystonia -- Sensory Contributions to Focal Dystonia -- Mapping Sensory Processes in Focal Dystonia -- Motor System Abnormalities -- Mapping Motor System Abnormalities in Focal Dystonia -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 10. The Cerebral Localisation of Musical Perception and Musical Memory H. Platel, F. Eustache & J.-C. Baron -- Introduction -- Musical Perception: Insights from Functional Neuroimaging -- Music Memory: Studies with Functional Neuroimaging -- Conclusions -- References -- 11. Musical Instruments as Metaphors in Brain Science: From Rene Descartes to John Hughlings Jackson C.U.M. Smith -- Introduction: Metaphors -- Descartes: The Church Organ -- David Hartley: Stringed Instruments -- Herbert Spencer: Piano and Piano-mecanique -- Conclusion -- References -- 12. The Music of Madness: Franklin's Armonica and the Vulnerable Nervous System Stanley Finger & David A. Gallo -- Benjamin Franklin -- Musical Glasses -- The Armonica -- The Armonica Catches on in America -- The Armonica in Europe -- Bad Vibrations? -- Mesmerism and the Armonica -- The Franklin Commission -- Resurrection -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 13. The Mozart Effect John R. Hughes & John J. Fino -- Introduction -- I. The Mozart Effect on Epileptiform Activity -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Summary -- References -- II. Is There a Chronic Change of the Mozart Effect on Epileptiform Activity? A Case Study -- Introduction -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Summary -- Acknowledgment -- References.

III. Distinctive Aspects of the Music-A Clue to Brain Coding -- Introduction -- Method and Apparatus -- Index of periodicity -- Results -- Long-lasting periodicities -- Short-lasting periodicities -- Discussion -- Summary -- References -- IV. Characteristics of the Melodic Line in Mozart Music -- Introduction -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Reference -- 14. The Amusias Jason Warren -- Introduction -- Development of the Concept of Amusia -- Analysis of Published Cases: A Classification of the Amusias -- Overview -- Pitch, harmony and pitch interval -- Melody (pitch contour) -- Rhythm and metre -- Timbre -- Emotional tone -- Musical associative agnosia and musical long-term memory -- Musical (singing and instrumental) apraxia -- Musical alexia and agraphia -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 15. Music and the Brain: A Musicologist's Viewpoint Paul Robertson -- Mapping the Musical Brain -- Where Music Is More Powerful Than Words -- The Universal "Mummy" -- The Musical World of Autistics -- The Greatest Human Gift -- Music to Control Pain -- Persistence of the Musical Response -- Making Things Happen -- 16. The Convulsionary Samuel Johnson and the Miaowing of Mozart Milo Keynes -- Introduction -- Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome -- The Convulsionary Samuel Johnson -- The Miaowing of Mozart -- References -- 17. The Influence of Shakespeare on Charcot's Neurological Teaching Christopher G. Goetz -- Introduction -- Shakespeare's Neurological Observations -- Broader References: Shakespeare as Observer and Philosopher -- Shakespeare in Charcot's Personal Life -- References -- 18. Epilepsy in Literature: Writers' Experiences and Their Reflection in Literary Works Peter Wolf -- Experiences of Epilepsy in Close Relatives -- Joaquım M. Machado de Assis (1839-1908) -- Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881).

Margiad Evans (Peggy Eileen Arabella Williams nee Whistler, 1909-1958) -- Monika Maron (b. 1941) -- Conclusions -- References -- List of Discussed Books -- 19. The Aetiology of Dostoyevsky's Epilepsy Halfdan Kierulf -- References -- 20. Neurology and Sherlock Holmes E. Wayne Massey -- Who Was Sherlock Holmes? -- Medical Conditions -- Neurology and Holmes -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and His Colleagues -- Oliver Wendell Holmes -- S. Weir Mitchell -- William Osler -- Robert Bentley Todd and John Hughlings Jackson -- Frederick Treves -- Summary -- References -- 21. James Joyce in a Clinical Context J.B. Lyons -- Nora Barnacle -- Dubliners -- Polyarthritis -- Reiter's Syndrome -- Selected Letters -- Family -- Ulysses -- Anatomy -- A Bad Press -- Blindness -- Mr Oliver Gogarty, FRCSI -- Finnegans Wake -- Giacomo Joyce -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 22. Neurology in the Nordic Sagas Ragnar Stien -- Religious Prose -- Poems -- The Lays of the Skalds -- The Sagas -- Conclusions -- References -- 23. The Poetry of Henry Head1 Christopher Gardner-Thorpe2 -- Poetry-The Best Words in the Best Order -- Henry Head (1861-1940) and His Family13-15 -- After the Great War -- Appendix -- Acknowledgements -- Notes and References -- 24. Silas Marner, George Eliot and Catalepsy F. Clifford Rose -- Introduction -- Silas Marner -- Catalepsy -- Other Victorian Writers -- Tennyson -- The Beginnings, the End and a New Beginning -- References -- Index.