Department of Neurosurgery, LSU-HSC, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, LSU-HSC, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
World Neurosurg. 2018 Jun;114:121-125. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.02.021. Epub 2018 Feb 13.
Louis Victor Leborgne was a patient of Paul Broca. "Monsieur Leborgne," as Broca would call him, was also known around in the hospital by the nickname "Tan." His neurologic condition left him with difficulty in speaking, and he could only speak the word "Tan." Leborgne spent nearly half of his entire life in the hospital. He was initially admitted into the psychiatry division of the hospital and was later transferred under the care of Broca toward the end of his life. The story of the Leborgne sits in the crossroads of human thoughts that led to the discovery of cerebral localization. It is the objective of this study to describe the circumstances associated with this patient, which led the great thinkers of that time to discover the language localization in the cerebral cortex. Leborgne's condition was the cornerstone in the evolution of this discovery. More than 150 years have passed since the death of Leborgne, yet Leborgne's brain continues to attract researchers investigating the mysteries of human speech.
路易·维克多·勒邦是保罗·布洛卡的一位患者。布洛卡会称他为“勒邦先生”，在医院里，他还有一个绰号叫“Tan”。他的神经系统疾病使他说话困难，只能说出“Tan”这个词。勒邦在医院里度过了将近半生。他最初被收入精神病科，后来在生命的最后阶段被转交给布洛卡照顾。勒邦的故事发生在人类思想的十字路口，这导致了大脑定位的发现。本研究的目的是描述与这位患者相关的情况，这些情况促使当时的伟大思想家发现了大脑皮层的语言定位。勒邦的病情是这一发现演变的基石。自勒邦去世以来已经过去了 150 多年，但他的大脑仍然吸引着研究人类言语之谜的研究人员。
