Dr Lynne Barker: Neuroblonde

‘Any business is difficult but the specific investigation of such a dark and tangled section of science such as the brain is much more complicated. It requires a lot of time and resources. It requires not only the comprehensive investigation according to current tasks but also reconsideration of all previous work to date to make the correct conclusions. The difficulty and insufficiency in the study of the brain are well accepted by all the anatomists. Hyrtl said that he regarded the anatomy of the Brain as a book sealed with numerous stamps and that humanity will open it, will read it, and only during the last day of all existence will humanity understand all of the truths comprised within it’ (Betz, 1871, p. 2).