The contributions of Henry Head to neuroanatomical and physiological bases of therapy segment
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Henry Head, neurólogo británico, ha pasado a la historia de la medicina occidental por su contribución a la creación de los mapas de dermatomas. Una modalidad terapéutica dentro de la medicina neuralterapéutica es la terapia de segmento y, dentro del estudio del marco de sustentación teórica y experimental de su utilidad se encuentra este artículo. Las hipótesis planteadas por Head en cuanto a la asociación e interrelación de sensibilidad cutánea y visceral, pueden constituirse en un aporte para las bases neuroanatómicas y fsiológicas de la neuralterapia y la medicina en general. Se realiza una revisión histórica de una parte de su trabajo menos difundida, dedicada al dolor referido en la enfermedad visceral y en los cambios mentales asociados a la misma. (MÉD.UIS. 2013;26(2):33-44).
Henry Head, a British neurologist, carved a name for himself in the Western Medicine Annals for his contribution to the creation of dermatome maps. Segment therapy stands as one of the therapeutic modalities making up neural-therapeutic medicine, and this paper is within the theoretical and experimental support frame of the study of its utilization. The hypotheses proposed by Head in terms of association and interrelation of cutaneous and visceral sensitivity can be deemed as a contribution to the neural-anatomic physiologic grounds for not only neural-therapy, but also general medicine. This paper constitutes a historic review of one of the least known parts of his work, devoted to visceral-disease-referred pain and visceral-disease-associated mental changes. (MÉD.UIS. 2013;26(2):33-44).
Henry Head, a British neurologist, carved a name for himself in the Western Medicine Annals for his contribution to the creation of dermatome maps. Segment therapy stands as one of the therapeutic modalities making up neural-therapeutic medicine, and this paper is within the theoretical and experimental support frame of the study of its utilization. The hypotheses proposed by Head in terms of association and interrelation of cutaneous and visceral sensitivity can be deemed as a contribution to the neural-anatomic physiologic grounds for not only neural-therapy, but also general medicine. This paper constitutes a historic review of one of the least known parts of his work, devoted to visceral-disease-referred pain and visceral-disease-associated mental changes. (MÉD.UIS. 2013;26(2):33-44).
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Referred Pain, Alternative Medicine, Visceral Pain, History of medicine, Dolor referido, Medicina Alternativa, Dolor Visceral, Historia de la Medicina