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Paul Broca and the history of aphasia

Roland P. Mackay Award Essay, 1980

Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

Paul Broca is one of the founding fathers of aphasiology. Broca aphasia, now a well-defined clinical entity, has been a focus in the study of acquired language disorders for over a century. It was the first syndrome of aphasia to be correlated with a specific focal brain lesion. Broca contributed a fresh outlook and a reasonable methodology to the study of aphasia. A review of Broca's accomplishments and his place in the history of aphasia is an appropriate way to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of his death.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Lee. Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. 200 First St. SW. Rochester. MN 55901

Accepted for publication July 29, 1980.