The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-15
VARIOUS FORMS Of ApAAslA.
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Rafiss Human Knowledge.

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BAfies Human Knowledge.
There are four forms Of aphasia which
coexist, or which may be found isolated:
ti) The loss Of the power Of understand.
Ing spoken words, or, as It has been
named, rather improperly, since thefail.
ure Is not physical but mental, verbal
deafness; e, verbal blindness or the in.
ability to read; o. motor aphaSia, or the
loss Of the power Of aTticulate speech;
~ agruphia "a term invented, we be.
lieve, blythe English physician, DR.. ogle),
or the loss Of the power Of writing. An
instance Of the loss Of the faculty Of I'm.
deHtanding spoken words while that Of
understanding words written remained,
Is quoted by II. Ballet from Abercrom.
bic. 1t is that Of a gentleman farmer in
Scotland, who recognized the sounds Of
spoken words without understanding
their meaning, and who, to make com.
munication with his laborers possible,
had written list in his room Of the most
ordinary terms. On hearing without in
the least comprehendlng the spoken
words he turned to his list and his per.
repaon Of what was said became clear.
or verbal blindness (as It Is called, NJ.
Ballet gives an instance Of 4 French mer-
chant, whom he calls N. p, a man Of
fair cultivation, and more or less Of a
reading habit, who, through an accident
in hunting, lost the faculty Of reading.
IN. P. understood perfectly everything
that was said to him, answered questions
with much precision, and expressed him.
self with a certain degree OF facility.
Moreover, he wrote with ease, not only
his name and address, but q long letter,
and that without any notable mistake in
orthography. The interesting fact Is
that though he could write, and did It
with a certain ease, he was incapable Of
reading, I write, lie said, 'as II with
my eyes closed; do not read what /
write In fact, he was wholly unable to
reroad tie words which he had traced a
few seconds before" The letters them.
selves written in this condition were
quits equal to those which he had writ
ten before the accident befel him.
OF motor aphRSia, or the inability to
use articulate speech, N. Ballet gives In.
stances Of . patient at the Saltpetriere,
whose reply to all questions consisted OF
the word 4MacaSsa, macassa;H Of another
who could only say -Monomomentf;" Of
third who was reduced to the expires.
sion -lqui phophoiqui;" and Of q fourth
whose vocabulary did not go beyond
-Badeu, abaden badena.H The poor
Baudelaire could say only "Cre nom, Gre
nom" being in this respect inferior to q
very distinguished lady, whose conversa.
tional powers extended to, though not
beyond, the entire phrase Of which Bau.
delaire gave the usual abbreviation. Still
more advanced was another lady, who
repeated at every moment, madame,
etc, mon Dieu, est possible, bonjour
Madame
In the earlier stages Of the malady
proper names were forgotten. An emf.
nent man Of science was reduced to des-
ignate the person OF whom he spoke as
~My colleague who invented such and
such q thing" Next common nouns dis.
appear. When the Able Perier asked
for his hat he said; "GiHe me my-what
one puts on onss-." His coat was
AWhat Is worn to be dressed in" scis.
sons, with another patient were the
things one cuts; the window, what one
looks through, what gives light What
can not be said BY people affected with
motor aphasia can sometimes be sung by
them. An officer who could not pro
nOunce the words "enfant" and 4patrie,"
whose powers Of speech were confined
to the word 4pardi" and the letter 3D."
was capable Of singing with perfect ar.
ticulation the first CUuplet Of the MAR.
seillaiSe." Afarmer, 'du eomte de Wik-
low don't parle Graves" could not pro-
nounce the names Of his wife and chill.
dren except by reading them. A strik.
ing instance Of agraphla Is that Of Rus
sian officer, well acquainted with
Russian, French and German, who,
having been afflicted with motor
aphasla, as regards French and German,
afterward became subject 10 agraphia as
regards all the three languages, though
he retained or regained the power Of
reading and speaking them. A woman,
being asked to write her name, produced
the words "sumil dclaa satreni," and
gave her address as -sunesr nut to mer
linu lain" An English naval officer,
wishing to write 4Royal medical officer
belonging to the admiralty" was con.
strained TO add the termination "dendd"
to each rd.-Saturday Review.
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