The visual area in the brain determined by a study of hemianopsia / by M. Allen Starr.

  • Moses Allen Starr
Date:
1884
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Credit: The visual area in the brain determined by a study of hemianopsia / by M. Allen Starr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    objects recognized by sight—the interesting condition of psychical blind- ness, as distinguished from and not associated with actual blindness—or in which total destruction of both occipital lobes has been accompanied by actual blindness of both eyes. These facts unite in supporting the conclusion which has been reached in this article from the study of hemi- anopsia. It is evident from a consideration of the facts here stated that anatomi- cal research, physiological experiment, and pathological observation unite in assigning to the occipital lobes of the brain the function of sight. The right occipital lobe receives impressions from the right half of both eyes, and the left occipital lobe receives impressions from the left half of both eyes. The visual area of the brain lies in the occipital lobes. No. 29 E. 62d St.
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