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Lost words : narratives of language and the brain, 1825-1926
- Title
- Lost words : narratives of language and the brain, 1825-1926 / L.S. Jacyna.
- Author
- Jacyna, L. S.
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | RC425 .J33 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 241 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "L. S. Jacyna analyzes medical writings on aphasia to illuminate modern scientific discourse on the relations between language and the brain, from the very beginnings of this discussion through World War I. Viewing these texts as literature - complete with guiding metaphors and rhetorical strategies - Jacyna reveals the power they exerted on the ways in which the human subject was constructed in medicine." "Lost Words explores the links among language, humanity, and mental presence that make the aphasiological project one of continuing fascination."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Konferenzschrift.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Construing silence -- The word turned upside down -- The discourse of aphasia -- John Hughlings Jackson and the predicament of the "speechless man" -- Head wounds -- Dissonant voices -- Making good -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0691004137
- 9780691004136
- LCCN
- 99089724
- OCLC
- ocm43207338
- 43207338
- SCSB-9775677
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library