A 16th-century case of acquired Dysgraphia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5116384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Cram (Jesus College, University of Oxford), Ruth Campbell (0000-0001-7324-1313, Goldsmiths’ College University of London) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-64 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historiographia Linguistica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0302-5160 • E-ISSN: 1569-9781 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/hl.19.1.04cra |
| OpenAlex | W2058347559 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
The purpose of this article is to draw attention to one of the earliest historical reports, to the authors' knowledge, of a specific acquired agraphia: the first-hand account of a man who lost his ability to use letters in writing as a result of a battle injury in 1536. The description occurs as an interpolation in Thomas Wilson's Arte of Rhetorique (1553), in the course of a discussion of the localisation of the memory in the head. The case is described in sufficient detail to allow a tentative identification of the sort of disorder that was involved
Agraphia · Ancient history · Art · Battle · Dysgraphia · Dyslexia · Identification (biology · Linguistics · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Reading (process · History · History of Medicine Studies · Medical and Biological Sciences · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |