CE TRAVAIL TRAITE DU NEUROANATOMISTE ITALIEN VINCENZO MALACARNE DONT LES PRINCIPALES CONTRIBUTIONS SCIENTIFIQUES ONT LIEU ENTRE LA FIN DU DIX-HUITIEME SIECLE ET LES PREMIERES
DECENNIES DU VINGTIEME. IL EST ARTICULE EN TROIS PARTIES CONSIDERANT TOUR A TOUR LES RECHERCHES ANATOMIOUES DE MALACARNE, SON ŒUVRE CLINIQUE ET SA POSITION DANS L'HISTOIRE DES
INVESTIGATIONS MENEES SUR LE CERVEAU ET LE CERVELET. CE TRAVAIL CONCENTRE SON ANALYSE SUR SA DEMARCHE ANATOMOPHYSIOLOGIOUE CLINIQUE ET PATHOLOGIQUE. IL SE CONCLUT SUR LA THEORIE
SUIVANTE : MALACARNE TEND A CORRELER LA FORME ET LE DEGRE DE COMPOSITION DES STRUCTURES CEREBRALES AVEC LES FACULTES DE L'INTELLECT. CETTE CORRELATION EST FONDEE SUR UNE
QUANTIFICATION ORGANIQUE DES FACULTES MENTALES APPUYEE PAR LES DOMAINES CLINIQUES ET PATHOLOGIQUES. UN PROJET IDEOLOGIQUE EST AINSI REALISE.
THIS WORK IS ABOUT AN ITALIAN NEUROANATOMIST VINCENZO MALACARNE WHICH MAIN SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS SET UP BETWEEN THE END 0F THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AND THE FIRST YEARS OF THE
TWENTIETH. HE ARTICULATES ITSELF IN THREE PARTS CONSIDERATING MALACARNE'S ANATOMICAL RESEARCHS, HIS CLINICAL STUDIES AND HIS POSITION IN THE HISTORY OF BRAIN AND CEREBELLUM
INVESTIGATIONS. THIS WORK CONCENTRATES ITS ANALYSE ON HIS ANATOMOPHYSIOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL THOUGTS. IT CONCLUDES ABOUT THE FOLLOWING THEORY : MALACARNE MAKES AN
IMPORTANT LINK BETWEE FORM AND DEGREE OF COMPOSITION OF THE CEREBRAL STRUCTURES WITH THE FACULTIES OF THE INTELLECT. THIS CORRELATION IS BASED ON AN ORGANIC QUANTIFICATION OF THE
MENTAL FACULTIES CONFIRMED BY CLINICAL AND PATOLOGICAL FIELDS. AN IDEOLOGICAL PROJECT IS ALSO REALISED.