Cerebral localisation / by David Ferrier.

  • David Ferrier
Date:
1890
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Credit: Cerebral localisation / by David Ferrier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Lecture I. Introductory Remarks—Effects of Ablation of the Cerebral Hemis- pheres: (1) in Osseous Fishes—Vision in Brainless Fishes— Vulpian's Experiments—Steiner's Experiments—(2) in Frogs— Experiments of Goltz and Steiner—Schrader's Experiments: ' (3) in Birds—Flourens' Experiments—Longet's Experiments— Vision in Brainless Birds—Experiments of McKendrick, etc.— Munk's Experiments—Schrader's Experiments: (4) in Mam- mals — Experiments on Rabbits — Longet's Experiments — Vision in Brain'ess Rabbits—Christiani's Experiments; Munk's Experiments—Goltz's Experiments on Dog-—General Con- clusions—Intelligence of the Lower Centres—Spontaneity— Conditions of Consciousness—Relations of the Hemispheres to the Lower Centres—The Question of Localisation of Function—Gall's Opinions—Flourens' Doctrines—Bouillaud's Experiments and Observations—Dax's Observations; Broca's Observations—Hughlings Jackson's Views—Brown-S^quard's Views—Exner's Views on Localisation—Fritsch and Hitzig's Experiments—The Author's Experiments—Excitability of the Cerebral Cortex—Mechanical Excitability—Chemical Excit- ability—Electrical Excitability—Diffusion of Currents—Excit- flbility of the Medullary Fibres—Motor Fibres of the Internal Capsule—Relative Excitability of the Cortex and Medullary Fibres—Laws of Excitability of the Cortex—Experiments of Franck and Pitres pp. 1—24 Lecture II. Electrical Reactions—Prefrontal Area—Oculo-motor Area—Leg Area—Arm Area—Area of Face, Tongue, Larynx, etc —Mar- ginal Convolution — Angular Gyrus and Occipital Lobe — Superior Temporal Gyrus—Hippocampal Lobule and Gyrus Hippocampi—Electrical Reactions in Man—Character and Differentiation of the Electrical Reactions—Signification of the Electrical Reactions—Sensory and Motor Centres—The Sensory Centres: (1) The Visual Centres—Electrical Reactions oF the Occipito-Angular Region—The Author's Experiments- Experiments of Luciani and Tamburini, Scbafer; Significa- tion of the Oculomotor Reactions—Experiments of Danillo, Bechterew, Munk-^The Author's Earlier Experiments on the Angular Gyrus and Occipit.al Lobe—Later Experiments of the Author and Yeo — Munk's Experiments — Experiments of Horsley and Schafer pp. 27—48 Lecture III. Visual Centres Continued—Experiments of Schafer and Sanger- Brown—Effects of Lesions of the Occipito-Temporal Region— Experiments of Sanger-Brown and Gilman-Thompson—Ex- pi^riments of Lannegrace—Lesions of the Angular Gyrus— Experim°!nts of Munk, Schafer, and the Author—Relations of the Angular Gyrus—Hemiopic Pupillary Reaction—Lanne- grace's Theory of Cerebral Amblyopia—Pathol^^gy of Hemiopia in. IVtan—Lesions of the Cuneus—Word Blindness—Visual Centres in Lower Vertebrates—Experiments of Hitzig, Goltz, Dalton, Munk, Loeb, Luciani, Bechterew, Gilman-Thompson and Sanger-Brown—Munk's Scheme of the Visual Centres in Dogs—Loeb's Experiments*—Visual Centres in Rabbits—Visual Centres in Pigeons — Visual Centres in Owls — General Conclusions pp. 51—72