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"L. S. Jacyna analyzes medical writings on aphasia to illuminate modern scientific discourse on the relations between language and the brain, from the very beginnings of this discussion through World War I. Viewing these texts as literature - complete with …

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"L. S. Jacyna analyzes medical writings on aphasia to illuminate modern scientific discourse on the relations between language and the brain, from the very beginnings of this discussion through World War I. Viewing these texts as literature - complete with guiding metaphors and rhetorical strategies - Jacyna reveals the power they exerted on the ways in which the human subject was constructed in medicine.". "Lost Words explores the links among language, humanity, and mental presence that make the aphasiological project one of continuing fascination."--BOOK JACKET.

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