LEADER 03801nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910812315503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-30387-2 010 $a9786612303876 010 $a1-4008-3118-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400831180 035 $a(CKB)2550000000001868 035 $a(EBL)475865 035 $a(OCoLC)496285985 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000339954 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11294716 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339954 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10364917 035 $a(PQKB)10750107 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36427 035 $a(DE-B1597)446248 035 $a(OCoLC)1054879804 035 $a(OCoLC)979757919 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400831180 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL475865 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10333488 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL230387 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC475865 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000001868 100 $a19991209d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLost words $enarratives of language and the brain, 1825-1926 /$fL.S. Jacyna 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-00413-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tILLUSTRATIONS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tONE. CONSTRUING SILENCE -- $tTWO: "THE WORD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN" -- $tTHREE. THE DISCOURSE OF APHASIA -- $tFOUR. JOHN HUGHLINGS JACKSON AND THE PREDICAMENT OF THE "SPEECHLESS MAN" -- $tFIVE. HEAD WOUNDS -- $tSIX. DISSONANT VOICES -- $tSEVEN MAKING GOOD -- $tCONCLUSION -- $tINDEX 330 $aIn 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 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.Jacyna submits the medical texts to various critical readings and provides a review of the pictorial representation involved with the creation of aphasiology. He considers the scientific, experimental, and clinical aspects of this new field, together with the cultural, professional, and political dimensions of what would become the authoritative discourse about language and the brain. At the core of the study is an inquiry into the processes whereby men and women suffering from language loss were transformed into the "aphasic," an entity amenable to scientific scrutiny and capable of yielding insights about the fundamental workings of the brain. But what became of the subject's human identity? Lost Words explores the links among language, humanity, and mental presence that make the aphasiological project one of continuing fascination. 606 $aAphasia$xHistory 606 $aLanguage disorders 615 0$aAphasia$xHistory. 615 0$aLanguage disorders. 676 $a616.85/52/009 700 $aJacyna$b L. S$0925239 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812315503321 996 $aLost words$92713414 997 $aUNINA