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The following paper consists primarily of sections of two previous publications dealing with Carl Wernicke and his influence. The first section is based on the paper ‘Carl Wernicke, The Breslau School and The History of Aphasia’ (Geschwind, 1966), while the second is based on ‘Wernicke’s Contribution to the Study of Aphasia’ (Geschwind, 1967).1
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Wernicke usually employs the nomenclature of Leuret which called this the first frontal convolution.
Some recent authors, E.G., Penfield and Roberts (1959), have used the term to designate an area far larger than that referred to by Wernicke, but this is not in keeping with classical usage. The larger area specified by these authors is not cytoarchitectonically homogeneous. Furthermore, different types of aphasic syndrome occur with lesions of different portions of this large area. It would seem reasonable on all grounds to retain the classical usage.
Some authors have recently used Goldstein’s term central aphasia in a much broader sense than Goldstein himself did. He specifically equated his ‘central aphasia’ to conduction aphasia.
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Geschwind, N. (1969). The Work and Influence of Wernicke. In: Cohen, R.S., Wartofsky, M.W. (eds) Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1966/1968. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3378-7_1
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