• Professor, Psychology

• Ph.D. at Indiana University

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Brain surgery in the Talmud Article sheds light on neurosurgery, use of anesthesia nearly 2,000 years ago June 8, 2006 -- Invasive surgery -- and anesthesia -- has come a long way. While searching for answers to what it means to be Jewish — and at the same time completing a neuroscience course requirement — a doctoral student at Washington University in St. Louis came across what may be one of the earliest documented cases of brain surgery. And he found it in, of all places, the ancient texts of the Talmud. "Although this account raises several questions about the ailment itself, it provides us with a rare look at invasive cranial surgery dating nearly 2,000 years," writes Adam Weinberg, a doctoral student in psychology in Arts & Sciences and author of an article on the surgery in the current issue of the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences. More...

Ben's 300th Birthday 'Doctor Franklin's Medicine' explores Founding Father's vast medical legacy Dec. 7, 2005 -- Benjamin Franklin's myriad contributions as scientist, inventor, publisher and statesman will be back in the spotlight in coming months as America celebrates his 300th birthday on Jan. 17. Much of the hoopla, including major exhibits in London, Paris, Philadelphia and other American cities, will focus on Franklin's role as an influential American diplomat. However, a new book by medical historian Stanley Finger contends that Franklin also deserves considerable recognition for important contributions to the healing arts. "With strong interests in bedside and preventative medicine, hospital care, and even medical education, he helped to change medical care in both America and Europe," Finger says.

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Books

Finger, S. Minds Behind the Brain: A History of the Pioneers and their Discoveries . New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Finger, S. The Origins of Neuroscience: A History of Explorations into Brain Function. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. (462 pages).

Finger, S., LeVere, T., Almli, C. R., & Stein, D. G. (Eds.) Brain Injury and Recovery: Theoretical and Controversial Issues. New York: Plenum, 1988. (368 pages).

Almli, C. R., & Finger, S. (Ed.) Early Brain Damage, Vol. l. Research orientations and clinical observations. New York: Academic Press, 1984. (368 pages)

Finger, S., & Almli, C. R. (Ed.) Early Brain Damage, Vol. 2. Neurobiology and Behavior. New York: Academic Press, 1984. (387 pages)

Finger, S., & Stein, D. G. Brain Damage and Recovery of Function: Research and Clinical Implications. New York: Academic Press, l982. (368 pages)

Finger, S. (Ed.), Recovery from Brain Damage: Research and Theory. New York: Plenum Publishing Co., l978. (420 pages)

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Recent Journal Articles

Finger, S, and Clower, W. T. 2001. Victor Horsley on "trephining in pre-historic times." Neurosurgery, 48, 911-918.

Palmer, E. D., and Finger, S. 2001. An early description of ADHD (Inattention Subtype): Dr. Alexander Crichton and the "Mental Restlessness" (1798). Child Psychology and Psychiatry Reviews, 6, 66-73.

Finger, S., Gehr, S. E., and West, A. L. 2001. Dual personality and the brain: The case studies of Lewis C. Bruce in the 1890s. History of Psychiatry, 12, 59-71.

Sparrow, E. P., and Finger, S. 2001. Edward Albert Schäfer (Sharpey-Schafer) and his Contributions to Neuroscience: Commemorating of the 150th Anniversary of his Birth. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 10, 41-57.

Gallo, D., and Finger, S. 2000. The Power of a Musical Instrument: Franklin, The Mozarts, Mesmer and the Glass Armonica. History of Psychology, 3, 326-343.

Finger, S., Beyer, T., and Koehler, P. 2000. Dr. Otto Soltmann (1876) on the Development of the Motor Cortex and Recovery after its Removal in Infancy." Brain Research Bulletin, 53, 133-140.

Finger, S. 1999. Margaret Kennard on sparing and recovery of function: A tribute on the 100th anniversary of her birth. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 8, 269-285.

Norrsell, U., Finger, S., and Lajonchere, C. 1999. The discovery of cutaneous sensory spots in the 1880s and the law of "specific nerve energies": History and Contemporary Findings. Brain Research Bulletin, 48, 457-465.

Kanne, S. M. and Finger, S. Konstantin M. Bykov and the discovery of the role of the corpus callosum. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 1999, 54, 572-590.

Kushner, H. I., Luzzatti, C, and Finger, S. A Perplexing Document in the Early History of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome: Melotti's Rendition of a "Lecture by Charcot." (Including a complete translation from the Italian with Commentary.) Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 1999, 8, 5-20.

Finger, S., and Roe, D. Does Gustave Dax deserve to be forgotten? The temporal lobe theory and other contributions of an overlooked figure in the history of language and cerebral dominance. Brain and Language, 1999, 69, 16-30.

Lajonchere, C., and Finger, S. 1999. Henry Herbert Donaldson (1857-1938). In American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 716-717.

Finger, S. 1998. "A happy state of mind": An Early history of mild elation, denial of disability, optimism, and laughing in multiple sclerosis. Archives of Neurology, 55, 241-250

Finger, S., and Law, M. B. 1998. Karl August Weinhold and his "science" in the era of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Experiments on electricity and the restoration of life. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 53, 161-180.

Buckingham, H., and Finger, S. 1997. David Hartley's psychobiological associationism and the legacy of Aristotle. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 6, 21-37.

Finger, S. 1997. Alexander Forbes. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 6, 106-107.

Lajonchere, C., Nortz, M., and Finger, S. 1996. Gilles de la Tourette and the discovery of Tourtette's syndrome: (Including a translation of his 1884 paper). Archives of Neurology, 53, 567-574.

S. Finger and D. Roe. 1996. Gustave Dax and the early history of cerebral dominance Archives of Neurology, 53, 806-813.

D. Roe and S. Finger. 1996. Gustave Dax and his fight for recognition: An overlooked chapter in the history of cerebral dominance. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 5, 228-240.

Finger, S. 1995. Descartes and the pineal gland in animals: A frequent misinterpretation. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 4, 166-182.

Finger, S. 1995. The pineal gland of Descartes: Does it differ in the brutes? European Pineal Society News, 33, 9-14.