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Brain Criticism Contours Marie Jean Pierre Flourens Training French

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Training: French Physician

Accomplishments:
Believed in 6 units of central nervous system to be studied (Cerebral hemisphere, cerebellum, copora quadigemina, medulla oblongata, spinal cord, nerves
discovered specific actions “Action commune”
plasticity of the brain after damage

Criticism by others: he was considered wildly unethical; no anesthesia used in animal research 
Criticism by him:  criticized phrenology; stated contours of skull do not correspond to the contours of the brain
Systems: N/A

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