Fig. 2.

Drawings of the nuclear parcellation of the human thalamus by German authors in the second half of the nineteenth century. a–c Drawings made after sagittal (a) and coronal (b, c) transparent sections by Meynert (1872); the stain used shows poor differentiation of thalamic nuclei. d–f Drawings made from transparent coronal sections by Forel (1877). g–i Drawings made from sections stained with carmine red by von Monakow (1895). Images from Meynert (1872) are reproduced from a copy of the original publication in the private collection of Dr. García-Cabezas. Images from Forel (1877) and von Monakow (1895) are reproduced from copies of the Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten journal in the Library of Cajal Institute (Spanish Research Council-CSIC-Library Network), Madrid, Spain