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Hitzig

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Caoimhghin S Breathnach
Caoimhghin S Breathnach*
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, University College, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
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Abstract

Edouard Hitzig [1838 – 1907] may have been an autocratic, proud and overbearing psychiatrist, but his pioneer work in using electrical stimulation changed utterly the approach to research into the localisation of function in the cerebral hemispheres. If he was vain he had much to be vain about.

Keywords

HitzigFritschFerrierBartolowPenfieldElectrical stimulation of brainCortical localisation.
Type
Historical
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 72
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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