Which of the following statements describes the major contributions of Thomas Willis to the study of the brain.

a) He was the first to describe the cranial nerves and the blood supply to the brain
b) He postulated a physiological explanation for mental illness
c) He published the first major neuroanatomy textbook
d) All of the above
e) A & C above


Ans: d) All of the above

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