Biological Order and Brain Organization : Springer : 9783642679506 : 3642679501 : 07 Dec 2011 : The centennial of his birthday (17 March 1881) prompted the publi­ cation of the Selected Works of Walter Rudolf Hess. Although English translation of several of his monographs have appeared, none of his orig­ inal papers has ever been published in the English language. During his sci­ entific career, Hess made pioneering contributions in the field of hemo­ dynamics, pyhsiological optics, oculomotor diagnostics, regulation of cir­ culation, respiration and temperature, and finally on the somatomotor, vis­ ceral, and emotional functions of the diencephalon. His concepts concern­ ing organization and order in physiology and his views on the important role of the vegetative nervous system in regulating the activity of the central ner­ vous system are of great interest to science and medicine and were in many respects far in advance of his time. These concepts continue a line of thought which wa