Elliot S Valenstein, The war of the soups and the sparks: the discovery of neurotransmitters and the dispute over how nerves communicate, New York, Columbia University Press, 2005, pp. xviii, 237, illus., £19.50, $31.00 (hardback 0-231-13588-2).

E M Tansey

doi:10.1017/S002572730000171X

Elliot S Valenstein, The war of the soups and the sparks: the discovery of neurotransmitters and the dispute over how nerves communicate, New York, Columbia University Press, 2005, pp. xviii, 237, illus., £19.50, $31.00 (hardback 0-231-13588-2).

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Information: Medical History , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , 01 July 2007 , pp. 425 - 427

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Elliot S Valenstein, The war of the soups and the sparks: the discovery of neurotransmitters and the dispute over how nerves communicate, New York, Columbia University Press, 2005, pp. xviii, 237, illus., £19.50, $31.00 (hardback 0-231-13588-2).

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