Broca, Pierre Paul

S Jacyna, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, UK

Published online: May 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002373

1824–1880 French surgeon, neurologist, anatomist and anthropologist who laid the foundations of the modern doctrine of cerebral localization.

Keywords: cerebral localization; aphasia

 Further Reading
    book Broca P (1844–1866) "La splanchologie". In Broca P, Bonamy C and Beau E (eds) Atlas d'anatomie descriptive du corps humain. Paris: Fortrin Masson.
    book Broca P (1866–1869) Traite de tumeurs. Paris: Asselin.
    book Schiller F (1993) Paul Broca: Founder of French Anthropology, Explorer of the Brain. New York: Oxford University Press.

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Jacyna, S(May 2001) Broca, Pierre Paul. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002373]