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Hardcover Lost Words: Narratives of Language and the Brain, 1825-1926 Book

ISBN: 0691004137

ISBN13: 9780691004136

Lost Words: Narratives of Language and the Brain, 1825-1926

In the mid-nineteenth century, physicians observed numerous cases in which individuals lost the ability to form spoken words, even as they remained sane and healthy in most other ways. By studying this condition, which came to be known as "aphasia," neurologists were able to show that functions of mind were rooted in localized areas of the brain. Here L. S. Jacyna analyzes medical writings on aphasia to illuminate modern scientific discourse on the...

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