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LINNAEUS, Carl (1707-1778). "Gloemska af alla substantiva och i synnerhet namn." In: Kongl. Swenska Wetenskaps Academiens handlingar, VI, pp. 116-17. [Stockholm: Lorentz Ludwig Grefing, 1745].
8o (196 x 117 mm). 2 loose leaves extracted from volume.
THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF APHASIA. Linnaeus had studied medicine and wrote several works on medical topics. In this rare work Linnaeus described clearly the classic symptom of aphasia--knowing what one wants to say but being unable to say it. The account of Linnaeus' patient who suffered from the disease first appeared in the journal of the Swedish Academy of Sciences. Garrison-Morton 4616; Norman 1357.
8o (196 x 117 mm). 2 loose leaves extracted from volume.
THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF APHASIA. Linnaeus had studied medicine and wrote several works on medical topics. In this rare work Linnaeus described clearly the classic symptom of aphasia--knowing what one wants to say but being unable to say it. The account of Linnaeus' patient who suffered from the disease first appeared in the journal of the Swedish Academy of Sciences. Garrison-Morton 4616; Norman 1357.