Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Vol.28, Issue2, P. 226-261
Аннотация:
Surface thermometers were developed in the latter half of the nineteenth century. In 1877, Broca, already famous for his contributions to the cerebral localization of nonfluent aphasia, presented his first clinical observations on cranial surface temperatures: In two cases, cranial surface temperatures were decreased over a middle cerebral artery infarction, and increased in surrounding areas, which Broca attributed to “compensatory hyperaemia.” As Broca made apparent in a later report in 1879, he had used a “thermometric crown,” an apparatus consisting of six to eight large-reservoir mercury thermometers strapped against the head. Following Broca’s report, American neurologists reported cases in which cranial surface temperatures were increased either locally over a superficial brain tumor or globally with a cerebral abscess. Despite promising anecdotal reports, contemporaries recognized that significant technical and practical problems limited its accuracy, reliability, and clinical
Ключевые слова:
cerebral localization; cerebral thermometry; Charles Mills; Dario Maragliano; Edward Constant Seguin; Giuseppe Seppilli; history of neurology—nineteenth century; Jeremiah Eskridge; John Spurgin; Landon Gray; Mary Putnam-Jacobi; neurological diagnosis; Paul Broca; surface thermometer; thermometry; Carl Wunderlich; Édouard Seguin
adult; brain disease; devices; Germany; history; human; male; middle aged; neurologic disease; neurologist; pathophysiology; procedures; thermometry; United Kingdom; United States; Adult; Brain Diseases; Germany; History, 19th Century; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nervous System Diseases; Neurologists; Thermometry; United Kingdom; United States
Lanska D. J.
Ланска Д. Й.
The development and evolution of “cerebral thermometry”: Clinical applications of a nineteenth-century approach to cerebral localization and neurological diagnosis
The development and evolution of “cerebral thermometry”: Clinical applications of a nineteenth-century approach to cerebral localization and...
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Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Swets & Zeitlinger
Vol.28, Issue2 P. 226-261
2019
Статья
cerebral localization cerebral thermometry Charles Mills Dario Maragliano Edward Constant Seguin Giuseppe Seppilli history of neurology—nineteenth century Jeremiah Eskridge John Spurgin Landon Gray Mary Putnam-Jacobi neurological diagnosis Paul Broca surface thermometer thermometry Carl Wunderlich Édouard Seguin
adult brain disease devices Germany history human male middle aged neurologic disease neurologist pathophysiology procedures thermometry United Kingdom United States Adult Brain Diseases Germany History, 19th Century Humans Male Middle Aged Nervous System Diseases Neurologists Thermometry United Kingdom United States
Surface thermometers were developed in the latter half of the nineteenth century. In 1877, Broca, already famous for his contributions to the cerebral localization of nonfluent aphasia, presented his first clinical observations on cranial surface temperatures: In two cases, cranial surface temperatures were decreased over a middle cerebral artery infarction, and increased in surrounding areas, which Broca attributed to “compensatory hyperaemia.” As Broca made apparent in a later report in 1879, he had used a “thermometric crown,” an apparatus consisting of six to eight large-reservoir mercury thermometers strapped against the head. Following Broca’s report, American neurologists reported cases in which cranial surface temperatures were increased either locally over a superficial brain tumor or globally with a cerebral abscess. Despite promising anecdotal reports, contemporaries recognized that significant technical and practical problems limited its accuracy, reliability, and clinical