On Optic Aphasia and Visual Agnosia

Abstract

The following is a translation from a paper by Freund published in two parts almost exactly 100 years ago. It is based on a talk he gave on February 23rd, 1888 at a meeting, chaired by Wernicke, of the Society of East German Psychiatrists at Breslau. A brief report of the proceedings of the meeting appeared in the same year under the title Einige Grenzfälle zwischen Aphasie und Seelenblindheit (Some borderline cases between aphasia and agnosia) (Freund, 1888). This is presumably why the first part, published in 1889, has the heading II before its title Ueber optische Aphasie und Seelenblindheit.