Lost words
Subtitle: narratives of language and the brain, 1825-1926
By: L.S. Jacyna
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Aphasia -- History
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index