Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . Fig 47.—Language L\ Language Small. Instances of disease of this organ in which the power ofusing words has been partially or wholly suspended (apha-sia), are frequent in the records of pathology. We will in-stance but one or two : Dr. Hammond refers to a woman of exceedingly intelli-gent appearance who came under his notice, thus: Shecomprehends every word that is said to her, and attends toall her household duties. Yet she is unable to utter anywords but *
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . Fig 47.—Language L\ Language Small. Instances of disease of this organ in which the power ofusing words has been partially or wholly suspended (apha-sia), are frequent in the records of pathology. We will in-stance but one or two : Dr. Hammond refers to a woman of exceedingly intelli-gent appearance who came under his notice, thus: Shecomprehends every word that is said to her, and attends toall her household duties. Yet she is unable to utter anywords but * No, Yes, and Dado. This case is re- OF THE INTELLECT. 117 ported as one of many illustrations of the loss of the fac-ulty of speech without any marked impairment of theintellectual faculties. Mr. Hood, of Kilmarnock, reports the interesting caseof a man sixty-five years of age, possessing the ordinaryknowledge of written and spoken language, who suddenlybegan to speak incoherently, and became quite unintelli-gible. It was discovered that he had forgotten the nameof every object in nature. His recollection of thingsseemed to be unimpaired, but the nam
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