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Hughlings Jackson: speech affected by brain disease

Contribution grade

Neurology · Clinical-theoretical analysis

Reference score90,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Speech impairment could be analysed by mode of use as well as by vocabulary or lesion location.

Scientific scope

First 1878 Brain article only; 1879 continuations and earlier Jackson writings excluded.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1878 first instalment in Brain. Its 1879 continuations, Jackson’s other aphasia writings, competing localization accounts and later language-neuroscience models remain separate.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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