Georges Hervé - La Circonvolution de Broca. Etude de morphologie cérébrale - 1888

Superb original illustrated edition with 10 figures intercalated in the text and 4 colour-supplemented plates of this scientific study devoted to the morphology of the human brain and more precisely to the analysis of the brain region known as Broca’s convolution, the area associated with articulated language, in which Georges Hervé develops an anatomical and comparative reflection on cortical structures and their variations -

The work is set in the 19th century context where neurology, physical anthropology and experimental medicine seek to better understand the functions of the brain by linking anatomical observations to human cognitive abilities -

Hervé relies on dissections, craniometric measurements and comparisons between individuals and populations to describe the shape, location and characteristics of Broca’s convolution, identified a few decades earlier by Paul Broca as a central area of language -

The book examines in detail the structure of the cerebral lobes, morphological variations of the cortex and possible relationships between anatomical organization and intellectual functions -

Georges Hervé - Broca’s Convolution. Study of cerebral morphology - 1888 - Adrien Delahaye and E. Lecrosnier -
164 pages.

Good binding condition, work in its tanned calf leather binding with marbled boards, covers preserved, light signs of wear, some minor flaws on boards and spine, edges a little frayed, spine smoothly titled -

Good interior condition, browning, work enriched with 10 figures intercalated in the text and 4 coloured plates, autograph signature from the author to a friend, endpapers in good condition, good copy -

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