HISTNEUR-L: The History of Neuroscience Internet Forum

Antwort: Agnosia

• Date:   Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:40:56 +0100
• To:   histneur-l@library.ucla.edu
• From:   Guenter Kramer <G.Kraemer@swissepi.ch>
• Subject:   Re: Agnosia
• Message-ID:   OFC72C816A.33A250AD-ONC1256E3C.004FE8A5@swissepi.ch

Dear Malcolm

As far as I know it was in fact Sigmund Freud (Freud S. Zur Auffassung der Aphasien, 
eine kritische Studie. Leipzig und Wien, F.Deuticke 1891). In the earlier paper of 
Lissauer (Lissauer H. Ein Fall von Seelenblindheit nebst einem Beitrage zur Theorie
derselben. Arch Psych Nervenkrankh 1890; 21: 222–270) visual agnosia had been described 
but not given that name.

Kind regards

Guenter Kraemer, MD
Medical Director
Swiss Epilepsy Center
Zurich, Switzerland