Fearful Asymmetry: Bouillaud, Dax, Broca, and the Localization of Language, Paris, 1825-1879
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Paul Broca made the most significant discovery in nineteenth-century human biology when he found that speech resides within the left frontal lobe of the human brain. As a young surgeon working at the hospice at Bic?tre on the outskirts of Paris ? a repository for the criminal, the insane, the indigent, and the sick ? Broca had to overcome derision, acrimony, personal attacks, vindictiveness, and prevailing doctrines before his findings were accepted...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0773551328
ISBN13:9780773551329
Release Date:August 2017
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"
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