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Centenary of Patient Tan: His Contribution to the Problem of Aphasia

Centenary of Patient Tan: His Contribution to the Problem of Aphasia Abstract The annals of medicine necessarily carry the names of many famous physicians and scientists who have advanced knowledge in this aspect of human endeavor. However, there are also inscribed the names of a few famous patients such as the boy, Joseph Meister, who received the first rabies vaccination from Pasteur and James Phipps, the patient of Jenner's, who was successfully vaccinated against smallpox in 1796. A less well known name is that of Leborgne, nick-named "Tan," who died 100 years ago. This man, or more correctly, the brain of this man stirred up a controversy that is still unsettled. It is the problem of whether or not the faculty of speech resides in a specific area of the brain. To better understand the significance of "Tan" it is necessary to go back to the beginning of the 19th century. At that time Franz Joseph Gall enunciated the doctrine that each References 1. Ackerknecht, E.: Contributions of Gall and the Phrenologists to Knowledge of Brain Function , in The Brain and Its Functions , edited by F. N. L. Poynter, Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1958. 2. Bouillurd, J.: Recherches cliniques propres à démontrer que la perte de la parole correspond à la lésion des lobules antérieurs du cerveau , Arch. Gen. Med. 8:25-45, 1825; cited by Head.5 3. Broca, P.: Remarques sur le siége de la faculté du langage articulé, suivies d'une observation d'aphémie , Bull. Soc. Anat. 6:330-357, 1861. 4. Marie, P.: L'aphasie de 1861 à 1866 , Sem. Med. 26:565-571, 1906. 5. Head, H.: Aphasia and Kindred Disorders of Speech , New York, The Macmillan Company, 1926. 6. Goldstein, K.: Pierre Paul Broca , in The Founders of Neurology , edited by W. Haymaker, Springfield, Ill., Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1953. 7. Marie, P.: La troisième circonvolution frontale gauche ne joue aucun rôle spécial dans la fonction du langage , Sem. Med. 26:241-247, 1906. 8. Marie, P.: Que fait-il penser des aphasies sous-corticales (aphasies pures)? Sem. Med. 26: 493-500, 1906. 9. Critchley, M.: The Study of Language-Disorder: Past, Present, and Future , in The Squibb Centennial Lectures , New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

Centenary of Patient Tan: His Contribution to the Problem of Aphasia

JOYNT, ROBERT J.
Archives of Internal Medicine , Volume 108 (6) – Dec 1, 1961
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Abstract The annals of medicine necessarily carry the names of many famous physicians and scientists who have advanced knowledge in this aspect of human endeavor. However, there are also inscribed the names of a few famous patients such as the boy, Joseph Meister, who received the first rabies vaccination from Pasteur and James Phipps, the patient of Jenner's, who was successfully vaccinated against smallpox in 1796. A less well known name is that of Leborgne, nick-named "Tan," who died 100 years ago. This man, or more correctly, the brain of this man stirred up a controversy that is still unsettled. It is the problem of whether or not the faculty of speech resides in a specific area of the brain. To better understand the significance of "Tan" it is necessary to go back to the beginning of the 19th century. At that time Franz Joseph Gall enunciated the doctrine that each References 1. Ackerknecht, E.: Contributions of Gall and the Phrenologists to Knowledge of Brain Function , in The Brain and Its Functions , edited by F. N. L. Poynter, Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1958. 2. Bouillurd, J.: Recherches cliniques propres à démontrer que la perte de la parole correspond à la lésion des lobules antérieurs du cerveau , Arch. Gen. Med. 8:25-45, 1825; cited by Head.5 3. Broca, P.: Remarques sur le siége de la faculté du langage articulé, suivies d'une observation d'aphémie , Bull. Soc. Anat. 6:330-357, 1861. 4. Marie, P.: L'aphasie de 1861 à 1866 , Sem. Med. 26:565-571, 1906. 5. Head, H.: Aphasia and Kindred Disorders of Speech , New York, The Macmillan Company, 1926. 6. Goldstein, K.: Pierre Paul Broca , in The Founders of Neurology , edited by W. Haymaker, Springfield, Ill., Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1953. 7. Marie, P.: La troisième circonvolution frontale gauche ne joue aucun rôle spécial dans la fonction du langage , Sem. Med. 26:241-247, 1906. 8. Marie, P.: Que fait-il penser des aphasies sous-corticales (aphasies pures)? Sem. Med. 26: 493-500, 1906. 9. Critchley, M.: The Study of Language-Disorder: Past, Present, and Future , in The Squibb Centennial Lectures , New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959.

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Published: Dec 1, 1961

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