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Wernicke

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

Carl Wernicke [1848-1905] gave the first description of sensory aphasia [1874] and of ophthalmoplegic encephalopathy [1881]. In addition, his notion of ‘Sejunction’ [1894] foreshadowed Bleuler's ‘schizophrenia [1908], and he may be justly said to have been the first successful organic neuropsychiatrist.

Keywords

Wernickesensory aphasiaophthalmoplegic encephalopathy‘Sejunction’
Type
Historical
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , September 1991 , pp. 172
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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