Post Scriptum to the Biography of Monsieur Leborgne

Abstract

In 1861, Paul Broca presented a case of a patient who had almost completely lost the ability of speech production. This patient is known as “Monsieur Leborgne” alias “Tan.” In describing the history of his disease, Broca reported that Leborgne had spent a total of 21 years in hospitals. The article features new information on the history of Leborgne's hospitalization.

Keywords:

• Broca
• Leborgne
• aphasia
• Broca's area

Acknowledgments

I am grateful to Prof. Michael R. Maxwell for revising the English language of the manuscript.

Notes

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