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Rationale: Chronic cough (cough >8 weeks) is common, leads to an impaired quality of life, and is difficult to treat. Despite intensive investigation, ~40% of patients referred to a specialist cough clinic will remain resistant to treatment targeted at peripheral triggers such a…

This dissertation examines the historical context of nineteenth- and twentieth-century neurophysiological ideas and experiments. It uses archival records and correspondence, primary scientific literature, and secondary materials to explain and interpret the origins of contempora…

This dissertation elucidates the cybernetic response to the life question of post-World War II biology through an analysis of the writings and experiments of Warren S. McCulloch. The work of McCulloch, who was both a clinician and neurophysiologist, gave rise to what this disser…