CHAPTER II.

THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN

Reflex, semi-reflex, and voluntary acts. The Frog's nerve-centres.

General notion of the hemispheres. Their Education--the Meynert

scheme. The phrenological contrasted with the physiological

conception. The localization of function in the hemispheres.

The motor zone. Motor Aphasia. The sight-centre. Mental

blindness. The hearing-centre. Sensory Aphasia. Centres

for smell and taste. The touch-centre. Man's Consciousness

limited to the hemispheres. The restitution of function. Final

correction of the Meynert scheme. Conclusions.

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