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Jean-Martin Charcotâs role in the 19th century study of music aphasia
Jean-Martin Charcot (1825â93) was a well-known French neurologist. Although he is widely recognized for his discovery of several neurological disorders and his research into aphasia, Charcotâs ideas about how the brain processes music are less well known. Charcot discussed the music abilities of several patients in the context of his âFriday Lessonsâ on aphasia, which took place at the SalpĂȘtriĂšre Hospital in Paris in 1883â84. In his most comprehensive discussion about music, Charcot described a professional trombone player who developed difficulty copying music notation and playing his instrument, thereby identifying a new isolated syndrome of music agraphia without aphasia. Because the description of this case was published only in Italian by one of his students, Domenico Miliotti, there has been considerable confusion and under-acknowledgement of Charcotâs ideas about music and the brain. In this paper, we describe Charcotâs ideas regarding music and place them within the historical context of the growing interest in the neurological underpinnings of music abilities that took place in the 1880s
SimulaciĂłn de la locura por alienados verdaderos : Tesis presentada para optar al grado de doctor en medicina
A la cabeza de portada: Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas. - Incluye nĂłmina de CatedrĂĄticos y Asignaturas. Tesis con dedicatoria. - En la portada el apellido dice: Ingeniero
Hermann Oppenheim\u27s Observations about Music in Aphasia
Hermann Oppenheim was influential in many areas of neurology, but his ideas about music are relatively unknown. In 1888, he published a paper that outlined how the assessment of music skills in patients with aphasia could lead to a better understanding of aphasia and language. Oppenheim conducted the first comprehensive music assessment as part of a neurologic examination and presented the first case series of music in aphasia. His paper was widely cited and had significant influence over the next 30 years. Although largely unrecognized as such, Oppenheim was an important historical figure in the study of music and neurology