The Human Brain Project - Some Traditional Sri Lankan Medical Techniques Related to Acupuncture

THE HUMAN BRAIN PROJECT

A CENTER FOR RESEARCH EXPLORING THE HUMAN BRAIN AND BODY

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
THE ROOTS OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY THE 'SELF' THE SEARCH FOR THE 'SELF' THE ORGAN OF THE 'SELF' THE MIND
OUTLINE
ANATOMY
BASIC ANATOMY THE SKULL AND MENINGES THE VENTRICLES THE CHOROID PLEXUS AND THE BBB THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THE CEREBRUM THE CEREBELLUM THE SPINAL CORD THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THE ENDOCRINE ORGANS
THE INPUTS
THE INPUTS THE ACTION POTENTIAL VISION (SIGHT) AUDITION (HEARING) OLFACTION (SMELL) GUSTATION (TASTE) TACTITION (TOUCH) EQUILIBRIOCEPTION (BALANCE) INTEROCEPTION (INTERNAL SENSATION)
INTEGRATION
SENSORY INTEGRATION THEORIES OF MEMORY MEMORY ACQUISITION MEMORY CONSOLIDATION MEMORY RETRIEVAL
THE OUTPUTS
THEORIES OF BEHAVIOR CEREBRAL CONTROL OF MOTOR FUNCTION THE NEURO-MUSCULAR JUNCTION POSTURE REFLEX RESPONSES REPETITIVE MOTOR PATTERNS VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT
PASSIVE PROCESSES
THE CIRCULATION DIGESTION CELLULAR METABOLISM CELLULAR REPRODUCTION CELLULAR REGENERATION CELLULAR COMMUNICATION CELLULAR/NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT
NEUROIMAGING
COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY (CAT SCAN) POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET SCAN) SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT) MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGINE (MRI) DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING (DTI) DIFFUSION OPTICAL IMAGING (DOI) ELECTRON MICROSCOPY X-RAY IMAGING 3-DIMENSIONAL BRAIN MODELING BRAIN MAPPING
ARCHIVES
DOCUMENT ARCHIVE MEDIA ARCHIVE

SOME TRADITIONAL SRI LANKAN MEDICAL TECHNIQUES RELATED TO ACUPUNCTURE	INDEX \| 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7

AUTHOR: LAXMAN DEVASENA

MARGA INSTITUTE (SRI LANKA) | 1984

DOCUMENT CONTENTS

PREFACE (BY SUNIMAL FERNANDO)

PHYSICIANS OF THE SOUTH

KURUNEGALA DISTRICT

UP-COUNTRY ROOTS

SOME OLD MANUSCRIPTS

THE RANASINGHE MANUSCRIPT

THE W.A. DE SILVA MANUSCRIPT

THE PELMADULLA MANUSCRIPT (A)

THE PELMADULLA MANUSCRIPT (B)

THE ANTON JAYASOORIYA MANUSCRIPT

THE NEVILL MANUSCRIPTS

THE GANEGODA MANUSCRIPT

THE WIJESURIYA MANUSCRIPT

AYURVEDIC CONCEPTS

TRADITIONAL MEDICAL LITERATURE

P.M.P. ABEYSINGHE

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)

SOCIAL COMPOSITION OF THE EDUCATED CLASS

THE TEXT OF THE SAMARARATNE MANUSCRIPT SALLA VIDIYA

APPENDIX A. SOME AYURVEDIC TECHNIQUES REFERRED TO IN THIS PAPER AS PRACTICED AT AYURVEDIC DR. K.S.S. SAMARAWICKRAMA'S DISPENSARY ON 20 MARCH 1980.

APPENDIX B. THE SPREAD OF TECHNOLOGY WITHIN SEVEN ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS OF SRI LANKA

NAMES OF PLACES MENTIONED

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