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Publications Recently Received.
[Notes on a book under this heading do not preclude a subsequent review.]
This work contains an authoritative statement of the views of Professor Marie on the subject of aphasia by one of his pupils. An excellent sketch of the history of the subject is preceded by a succinct account of Professor Marie's criticism and theories. The second part of the work is devoted to Broca's aphasia and its cerebral localization. This is followed by a clinical study of its phenomena, with a summary of the cases published between 1861 and 1906. The second half of the book is taken up with the personal observations of the author, illustrated with horizontal sections of the affected brains. We hope to consider the results obtained by Professor Marie and his pupils in the next number of this Journal.
A useful reprint of the following three papers by Professor Liepmann: "Kleine Hilfsmittel bei der Untersuchung von Gehirnkranken" (1905); "Die linke Hemisphäre und das Handeln" (1905); "Über die Funktion des Balkens beim Handeln und die Beziehungen von Aphasie und Apraxie zur Intelligenz" (1907). All these papers were alluded to in the article on "Apraxia " in Brain, 1908, p. 164.
In this book the author puts together the results of many years' work. Much has already been published in papers contained in various journals, but it will be of great value to all who work on the structure of the nervous system to possess the author's views in so convenient a form. He deals, moreover, with the most recent questions concerning the ganglia of the posterior root such as the regenerative processes which may occur within it. The figures are unusually beautiful.