Download or read book Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences, 1891, Vol. 2 written by Charles E. Sajous and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-24 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences, 1891, Vol. 2: A Yearly Report of the Progress of the General Sanitary Sciences Throughout the World Alexia. - Nieden has an advocate for the term dysanagnosia, which he originated, applying it to those aphasic conditions known as alexia or dyslexia, in Burnett, who gives the history Of a unique example Of this condition of word-blindness. The patient, an aged clergyman, after a rather severe vertiginous attack, with subsequently strong convulsive seizures, recovered from the result ing stupor without any loss of motor or sensory function, but with an absolute inability to interpret the meaning of printed or written words by means of a retinal perception. Sentences read to him were perfectly understood, were repeated accurately; his memory was unimpaired; he could even read numbers correctly, stating the amount Of a check, though unable to tell to whom it was drawn or by whom written. He could write from dictation, and also, if not interrupted, originally. Individual letters of the alphabet were recognized without difficulty, with the noticeable peculiarity that the letter S provoked a disagreeable sensation whenever seen. N 0 other defect of visual perception is mentioned. Pictures were readily understood and appreciated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.