Volume 1

Aphasia and kindred disorders of speech / by Henry Head.

  • Head, Henry, 1861-1940.
Date:
1926
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Aphasia and kindred disorders of speech / by Henry Head. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I have attempted to blaze a track through the jungle, but make no pretence at having reached the end of the journey. I can only hope that some ardent and adventurous spirit may follow in my path and find that my labours have helped him to the solution of the profoundly interesting and difficult problems of disorders of speech. Finally, it is my pleasant duty to thank those who have helped me in carrying out and presenting this work in the form it has finally assumed. First of all, I cannot sufficiently express my debt of gratitude to my wife, to whom I have submitted for her unfailing judgment every sen¬ tence I have written. Mr F. C. Bartlett has given me invaluable assistance, especially in the more theoretical portions. His acute and penetrating criticism has saved me from many pit-falls and his sympathy has cheered me through dark and difficult passages. Further, I must sincerely thank Professor Elliot Smith for the generous way in which he not only placed the resources of the Anatomical Institute of University College at my disposal, but poured out for me his unique knowledge of cerebral topography. In my gratitude I gladly include his assistants, Dr Shellshear, Dr Tudor Jones and the late Dr John Hunter; their enthusiasm helped and guided me in my difficult and laborious task of determining the anatomical site of the cerebral lesion in certain cases of gun-shot injury, H. H. 52 MONTAGU SQUARE LONDON, W. I August, 1925