Emanuel Swedenborg, portrait by Swedish portraitist Per Krafft the Elder (1724-1793).

Emanuel Swedenborg, portrait by Swedish portraitist Per Krafft the Elder (1724-1793).

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... Swedenborg (1688-1772, see Figure 2)-the notable Swedish theologian, scientist, philosopher, and mystic-died in 1772. Unfortunately, many of his innovative works on the nervous system and localization of function, including The Brain and The Cerebrum, were not released to the public until the 1880s. ...

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