In this post, we will see the book Essays On The Patho Physiology Of The Higher Nervous Activity (According To P. P. Pavlov And His School) by A. G. Ivanov-Smolensky.

About the book

This translation has been made from the second revised and supplemented Russian edition, published by the State Medical Publishing House, Moscow 1952.

On the occasion of the centenary of Pavlov’s birthday (September 27, 1949) the author of this book lakes the liberty of attempting to fill this gap in the patho-physiologv of the higher nervous activity; his aim is to expound in a number of essays the basic achievements of this young branch of science and to give an outline of its development in the Pavlov school (including its ramifications) up to our time.

In the preface to the third edition of the lectures on the Work of the Cerebral Hemispheres published in November 1935, Pavlov wrote: “My new systematic exposition of the whole of our experimental material in the shape of one book will require much labour, and I regard it as my last scientific task. It will take years to complete this work. If only fate will be so kind as to preserve for me at my age the vigour that will enable me to carry out this important duty of my life!’

Death prevented Pavlov from carrying out this desire.

In the Essays on the Patho-Physiology of the Higher Nervous Activity the author tries, to the best of his ability, to carry out, even in small measure, Pavlov’s will; the author regards this as his duty to Russian science and to his late teacher.

The book was translated from Russian by S. Belsky and was published in 1954 by Foreign Languages Publishing House.

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CONTENTS

Preface to the First Edition 9
Introduction 13

Essay I. Pathological Changes in The Higher Nervous Activity, Caused by Experimental Lesions (Extirpation) of the Cerebral Hemispheres in Animals 23

1. From Experimental Psycho-pathology Based ON The Study of Animals to the Patho-physiology of the Higher Nervous Activity 25

2. The Main Features of the Activity of the Cerebral Hemispheres 29

3. Pavlov’s Basic Views on the Localization of Functions in the Higher Parts of the Central Nervous System 39

4. General and Local Disturbances of the Work of the Brain Resulting from Injury to Various Parts of the Cerebral Hemispheres 48

5. Various Stages of Disturbances of the Cerebral Activity Resulting from Injury to the Cerebral Hemispheres 53

6. The Study of the Higher Nervous Activity Under Experimentally Induced Damage to the Brain Conducted After Pavlov’s Death 66

7. The Possibility of Applying the Experimental Data Cited in the Previous Chapters to Man 73

Essay II. Pathological Changes of the Higher Nervous Activity in Animals Resulting from Functional Influences 79

1. Experimental Neuroses 81

2. The Theory of Types of Higher Nervous Activity and Experimental Neuroses 83

3. The First Stage in the Development of the Theory of Experimental Neuroses 96

4. Phasic Changes of the Cortical Activity or Intermediate States Between Wakefulness and Sleep 106

5. The Further Development of the Theory of Pathological Changes in the Higher Nervous Activity Caused by Functional Influences 113

6. Vegetative Disturbances Connected With Experimental Neuroses 128

7. General and Local Disturbances Resulting from Experimentally Induced Functional Disorders of the Brain 138

8. Pathological Changes of the Higher Nervous Activity Connected With Experimentally Induced Disturbances of the Endocrine and Vegetative Functions 152

9. Pathological Changes of the Higher Nervous Activity Resulting from Various Forms of Experimental Intoxication and from Certain Infections 168

10. Experimental Therapy of Disturbances of the Higher Nervous Activity Caused by Various Noxious Functional Influences 187

11. The Connection Between Experimental Pathology of the Higher Nervous Activity and Experimental Therapy 200

Essay III. Investigations in the Sphere of the Clinical Patho-physiology of the Higher Nervous Activity 203

1. The Basic Stages in Pavlov’s Approximation to the Clinic of Neuropsychic Diseases 205

2. The Basic Principles of Pavlov’s Work in the Sphere of Clinical Patho-physiology of the Higher Nervous Activity 210

3. Pavlov’s Views on the Types of Human Higher Nervous Activity 218

4. The Significance of the Theory of Experimental Neuroses for the Clinic of Human General Neuroses 224

5. General Review of the Investigations Conducted by Pavlov and his Collaborators in the Neurosis Clinic 235

6. The Basic Principles of Pavlov’s Pathophysiological Work in the Psycitatric Clinic 253

7. Pavlov’s Research Into the Disturbances of the Higher Nervous Activity Under Schizophrenia 264

8. The Main Lines of Research in Pavlov’s Psychiatric Clinic During his Lifetime and After his Death 274

9. The Work of Pavlov and his Collaborators in the Sphere of the Pathogenic Therapy of Neuropsychical Diseases 280

Conclusion 295

Index of Literature 301