Correspondence: Prof. Vittorio A. Sironi, Centro Studi sulla Storia del Pensiero Biomedico (CESPEB), Villa Serena, via Pergolesi 33, 20900 Monza (MB), Italy, ph. +39-(0)39-2333097, fax +39-(0)39-365378, e-mail: [email protected], www.cespeb.it Progress in Neurosciences 2011; 1 (0): 15-26. ISSN: 2240-5127 Article received: 3 December 2011. Copyright © 2011 by new Magazine edizioni s.r.l....