On the symptomatology of left-sided temporal lobe atrophy

History of Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 149-159

  Pick, A ^a   Girling, D M ^a   Berrios, G E ^b  

^a Addenbrooke's Hospital ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; HISTORY; PSYCHIATRY;

CZECHOSLOVAKIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 0009265722     PISSN: 0957154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957154x9700802910     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Zur Symptomatologie der linksseitigen Schläfenlappenatrophie. Monatschrift für Psychiatrie und Neurologie, 1904, 16:378-388. For biographical details on Arnold Pick and a justification for translating his four papers on focal atrophy see: Classic Text No 20, History of Psychiatry, v (4) (1994) 539-47 and Classic Text No 24, History of Psychiatry, vi (4) (1995), 533-7. The present translation is of the third paper. The final (fourth, 1906) one will appear in History of Psychiatry some time in the future
2. Zur Symptomatologie der linksseitigen Schläfenlappenatrophie. Monatschrift für Psychiatrie und Neurologie, 1904, 16:378-388. For biographical details on Arnold Pick and a justification for translating his four papers on focal atrophy see: Classic Text No 20, History of Psychiatry, v (4) (1994) 539-47 and Classic Text No 24, History of Psychiatry, vi (4) (1995), 533-7. The present translation is of the third paper. The final (fourth, 1906) one will appear in History of Psychiatry some time in the future
3. Zur Symptomatologie der linksseitigen Schläfenlappenatrophie. Monatschrift für Psychiatrie und Neurologie, 1904, 16:378-388. For biographical details on Arnold Pick and a justification for translating his four papers on focal atrophy see: Classic Text No 20, History of Psychiatry, v (4) (1994) 539-47 and Classic Text No 24, History of Psychiatry, vi (4) (1995), 533-7. The present translation is of the third paper. The final (fourth, 1906) one will appear in History of Psychiatry some time in the future
4. Zur Symptomatologie der linksseitigen Schläfenlappenatrophie. Monatschrift für Psychiatrie und Neurologie, 1904, 16:378-388. For biographical details on Arnold Pick and a justification for translating his four papers on focal atrophy see: Classic Text No 20, History of Psychiatry, v (4) (1994) 539-47 and Classic Text No 24, History of Psychiatry, vi (4) (1995), 533-7. The present translation is of the third paper. The final (fourth, 1906) one will appear in History of Psychiatry some time in the future
5. N. of Ts.: A more fashionable (but also anachronistic) translation of umschriebenen would be 'focalized'.
6. N. of Ts.: About Worttaubheit Pick was later to write: 'Disturbances in the processes underlying speech comprehension are grouped under the obviously inappropriate but established term of 'word deafness' (Kussmaul).' (p.88, Pick, A. (1973), Aphasia. Translated and Edited by J.W. Brown. Springfield, C.C. Thomas). Ballet, also influenced by Kussmaul, defined it more clearly: 'certain disorders of languages called verbal amnesia or deafness result from the partial or total loss of the auditory images of words... the patient with verbal deafness can hear the sounds but cannot understand the meaning of the words;... the patient with psychic deafness can hear the sounds but is incapable of understanding their meaning or that of words; the patient with cortical deafness, not only cannot understand the meaning of words and sounds but cannot hear the latter... this distinction between word, psychical and cortical deafness is of capital importance...' (76-7, Ballet G. (1886), Le Langage intérieur et les diverses formes de l'aphasie. Paris: Alcan). This group of clinical phenomena, already recognized by Baillarger in 1865, Trœltsch in 1870, and Schmidt in 1871, was to be called sensory aphasia by Wernicke in 1874 and word deafness by Kussmaul in 1877. This is likely to be one of the reasons behind Wernicke's claim that 'Kussmaul's book added nothing worthwhile' (p.343, Marx O. (1966), Aphasia studies and language theory in the 19th century. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 40: 328-49). For further historical information see: Mathieu A. (1881) La Surdité verbale. Archives Générales de Médicine 6: 582-605; Boller F. (1978) Comprehension disorders in aphasia: a historical review. Brain and Language 5: 149-65; Hecaen H. and Dubois J. (eds) (1969), La Naissance de la Neuropsychologie du Langage (1825-1865), Paris: Flammarion.
7. N. of Ts.: About Worttaubheit Pick was later to write: 'Disturbances in the processes underlying speech comprehension are grouped under the obviously inappropriate but established term of 'word deafness' (Kussmaul).' (p.88, Pick, A. (1973), Aphasia. Translated and Edited by J.W. Brown. Springfield, C.C. Thomas). Ballet, also influenced by Kussmaul, defined it more clearly: 'certain disorders of languages called verbal amnesia or deafness result from the partial or total loss of the auditory images of words... the patient with verbal deafness can hear the sounds but cannot understand the meaning of the words;... the patient with psychic deafness can hear the sounds but is incapable of understanding their meaning or that of words; the patient with cortical deafness, not only cannot understand the meaning of words and sounds but cannot hear the latter... this distinction between word, psychical and cortical deafness is of capital importance...' (76-7, Ballet G. (1886), Le Langage intérieur et les diverses formes de l'aphasie. Paris: Alcan). This group of clinical phenomena, already recognized by Baillarger in 1865, Trœltsch in 1870, and Schmidt in 1871, was to be called sensory aphasia by Wernicke in 1874 and word deafness by Kussmaul in 1877. This is likely to be one of the reasons behind Wernicke's claim that 'Kussmaul's book added nothing worthwhile' (p.343, Marx O. (1966), Aphasia studies and language theory in the 19th century. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 40: 328-49). For further historical information see: Mathieu A. (1881) La Surdité verbale. Archives Générales de Médicine 6: 582-605; Boller F. (1978) Comprehension disorders in aphasia: a historical review. Brain and Language 5: 149-65; Hecaen H. and Dubois J. (eds) (1969), La Naissance de la Neuropsychologie du Langage (1825-1865), Paris: Flammarion.
8. N. of Ts.: About Worttaubheit Pick was later to write: 'Disturbances in the processes underlying speech comprehension are grouped under the obviously inappropriate but established term of 'word deafness' (Kussmaul).' (p.88, Pick, A. (1973), Aphasia. Translated and Edited by J.W. Brown. Springfield, C.C. Thomas). Ballet, also influenced by Kussmaul, defined it more clearly: 'certain disorders of languages called verbal amnesia or deafness result from the partial or total loss of the auditory images of words... the patient with verbal deafness can hear the sounds but cannot understand the meaning of the words;... the patient with psychic deafness can hear the sounds but is incapable of understanding their meaning or that of words; the patient with cortical deafness, not only cannot understand the meaning of words and sounds but cannot hear the latter... this distinction between word, psychical and cortical deafness is of capital importance...' (76-7, Ballet G. (1886), Le Langage intérieur et les diverses formes de l'aphasie. Paris: Alcan). This group of clinical phenomena, already recognized by Baillarger in 1865, Trœltsch in 1870, and Schmidt in 1871, was to be called sensory aphasia by Wernicke in 1874 and word deafness by Kussmaul in 1877. This is likely to be one of the reasons behind Wernicke's claim that 'Kussmaul's book added nothing worthwhile' (p.343, Marx O. (1966), Aphasia studies and language theory in the 19th century. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 40: 328-49). For further historical information see: Mathieu A. (1881) La Surdité verbale. Archives Générales de Médicine 6: 582-605; Boller F. (1978) Comprehension disorders in aphasia: a historical review. Brain and Language 5: 149-65; Hecaen H. and Dubois J. (eds) (1969), La Naissance de la Neuropsychologie du Langage (1825-1865), Paris: Flammarion.
9. N. of Ts.: About Worttaubheit Pick was later to write: 'Disturbances in the processes underlying speech comprehension are grouped under the obviously inappropriate but established term of 'word deafness' (Kussmaul).' (p.88, Pick, A. (1973), Aphasia. Translated and Edited by J.W. Brown. Springfield, C.C. Thomas). Ballet, also influenced by Kussmaul, defined it more clearly: 'certain disorders of languages called verbal amnesia or deafness result from the partial or total loss of the auditory images of words... the patient with verbal deafness can hear the sounds but cannot understand the meaning of the words;... the patient with psychic deafness can hear the sounds but is incapable of understanding their meaning or that of words; the patient with cortical deafness, not only cannot understand the meaning of words and sounds but cannot hear the latter... this distinction between word, psychical and cortical deafness is of capital importance...' (76-7, Ballet G. (1886), Le Langage intérieur et les diverses formes de l'aphasie. Paris: Alcan). This group of clinical phenomena, already recognized by Baillarger in 1865, Trœltsch in 1870, and Schmidt in 1871, was to be called sensory aphasia by Wernicke in 1874 and word deafness by Kussmaul in 1877. This is likely to be one of the reasons behind Wernicke's claim that 'Kussmaul's book added nothing worthwhile' (p.343, Marx O. (1966), Aphasia studies and language theory in the 19th century. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 40: 328-49). For further historical information see: Mathieu A. (1881) La Surdité verbale. Archives Générales de Médicine 6: 582-605; Boller F. (1978) Comprehension disorders in aphasia: a historical review. Brain and Language 5: 149-65; Hecaen H. and Dubois J. (eds) (1969), La Naissance de la Neuropsychologie du Langage (1825-1865), Paris: Flammarion.
10. N. of Ts.: About Worttaubheit Pick was later to write: 'Disturbances in the processes underlying speech comprehension are grouped under the obviously inappropriate but established term of 'word deafness' (Kussmaul).' (p.88, Pick, A. (1973), Aphasia. Translated and Edited by J.W. Brown. Springfield, C.C. Thomas). Ballet, also influenced by Kussmaul, defined it more clearly: 'certain disorders of languages called verbal amnesia or deafness result from the partial or total loss of the auditory images of words... the patient with verbal deafness can hear the sounds but cannot understand the meaning of the words;... the patient with psychic deafness can hear the sounds but is incapable of understanding their meaning or that of words; the patient with cortical deafness, not only cannot understand the meaning of words and sounds but cannot hear the latter... this distinction between word, psychical and cortical deafness is of capital importance...' (76-7, Ballet G. (1886), Le Langage intérieur et les diverses formes de l'aphasie. Paris: Alcan). This group of clinical phenomena, already recognized by Baillarger in 1865, Trœltsch in 1870, and Schmidt in 1871, was to be called sensory aphasia by Wernicke in 1874 and word deafness by Kussmaul in 1877. This is likely to be one of the reasons behind Wernicke's claim that 'Kussmaul's book added nothing worthwhile' (p.343, Marx O. (1966), Aphasia studies and language theory in the 19th century. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 40: 328-49). For further historical information see: Mathieu A. (1881) La Surdité verbale. Archives Générales de Médicine 6: 582-605; Boller F. (1978) Comprehension disorders in aphasia: a historical review. Brain and Language 5: 149-65; Hecaen H. and Dubois J. (eds) (1969), La Naissance de la Neuropsychologie du Langage (1825-1865), Paris: Flammarion.
11. N. of Ts.: About Worttaubheit Pick was later to write: 'Disturbances in the processes underlying speech comprehension are grouped under the obviously inappropriate but established term of 'word deafness' (Kussmaul).' (p.88, Pick, A. (1973), Aphasia. Translated and Edited by J.W. Brown. Springfield, C.C. Thomas). Ballet, also influenced by Kussmaul, defined it more clearly: 'certain disorders of languages called verbal amnesia or deafness result from the partial or total loss of the auditory images of words... the patient with verbal deafness can hear the sounds but cannot understand the meaning of the words;... the patient with psychic deafness can hear the sounds but is incapable of understanding their meaning or that of words; the patient with cortical deafness, not only cannot understand the meaning of words and sounds but cannot hear the latter... this distinction between word, psychical and cortical deafness is of capital importance...' (76-7, Ballet G. (1886), Le Langage intérieur et les diverses formes de l'aphasie. Paris: Alcan). This group of clinical phenomena, already recognized by Baillarger in 1865, Trœltsch in 1870, and Schmidt in 1871, was to be called sensory aphasia by Wernicke in 1874 and word deafness by Kussmaul in 1877. This is likely to be one of the reasons behind Wernicke's claim that 'Kussmaul's book added nothing worthwhile' (p.343, Marx O. (1966), Aphasia studies and language theory in the 19th century. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 40: 328-49). For further historical information see: Mathieu A. (1881) La Surdité verbale. Archives Générales de Médicine 6: 582-605; Boller F. (1978) Comprehension disorders in aphasia: a historical review. Brain and Language 5: 149-65; Hecaen H. and Dubois J. (eds) (1969), La Naissance de la Neuropsychologie du Langage (1825-1865), Paris: Flammarion.
12. N. of Ts.: tables and plates have not been reproduced.
13. N. of Ts.: Verödung der Sprache; it is unclear here whether Pick was using Verödung in the general sense of 'loss of', or was referring to the specific medical meaning of 'sclerosing' or 'atrophy'.
14. Only after this paper had been submitted appeared the relevant publication by Dejerine and Thomas (Revue Neurologique, 1904, 15th August).