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Thomas Willis (1621-1675) : Neurologist, Chemist, Physician
βWillis is not only credited to be the founder of neurology, but he is also seen as the father of comparative neuroanatomy, as his work, in particular Cerebri anatome and De anima brutorum, compare the human brain with that of other species in βsearch for specific human abilities in cognitive functionsβ (MolnΓ‘r, p. 334).β
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Thomas Willis (1621-1675) : Neurologist, Chemist, Physician
Willis, Opera omnia (Amsterdam: Heinricus Wetstein, 1682), frontispiece. Portrait of Thomas (engraving by David Loggan, 1667) Thomas Willis was born on 27 January 1621 to Thomas Willis (d. 1643) anβ¦St John's College Library, Oxford