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Experiments on special sense localisations in the cortex cerebri of the monkey. Brain 1888: 10; 362–380; and Experiments on the electrical excitation of the visual area of the cerebral cortex in the monkey. By E. A. Schäfer FRS, Jodrell Professor of Physiology in University College, London. Brain 1888: 11; 1–6; with Schäfer on the temporal and occipital lobes. By David Ferrier, MD, FRS. Brain 1888: 11; 7–30.
Localization of cerebral function excited much heated exchange in the 1880s. In 1879, Luciani and Tamburini had analysed 41 clinical cases and concluded that ‘the psycho-sensory centres of vision are situated both in the angular gyrus and in the occipital lobe ... reconciling the rival theories of Ferrier and Munk, and [getting] rid of the[ir] negative observations’ (Abstracts of British and Foreign Journals. ‘On the sensory centres in the cortex cerebri. Studi clinici sui centri corticali, comunicazione preventive dei Professori Luigi Luciani
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