Wernicke and the later nineteenth century

Following Broca and the others influenced by Gall’s organology, a broader discussion of aphasia developed across European science (Bateman, 1870: 23-62), but an increased interest in language localisation and aphasia, mainly in England and Germany, did not develop until after the debate between Broca and Trousseau. We have seen in Chapter 3 that this discussion was concerned with wider and more important issues than correct nomenclature and ranged over the nature, scope and psychopathology of language disorders.