The cerebral ventricles. From soul to sink
F. Schiller
Department of the History of the Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
The early concept that the cerebral ventricles harbor the soul began to
break down only in the Renaissance. Thanks to determined anatomical studies
and physiological considerations regarding the role played by the
cerebrospinal fluid, the function of the ventricles was reduced to merely
being a receptacle for metabolic waste.
