ABSTRACT
Neurosurgical Unit, London Hospital Medical College, Royal London Hospital (Whitechapel), U.K.
Jason W.Brown
Department of Neurology, New York University Medical Center, U.S.A.
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter we present an English translation of Wilbrand’s (1887) celebrated case report of “mind-blindness” and discuss its implications for contemporary neuropsychology. Following the observations of Ferrier (1876) and Munk (1878, 1881), only a handful of human cases of “mind-blindness” had been described by the time Wilbrand published this report (Charcot, 1883; Finkelnburg, 1870; Hughlings Jackson, 1872, 1876; Mauthner, 1881; Quaglino & Borelli, 1867; von Monakow, 1885; Wigan, 1844). In addition to the purely historical interest which therefore attaches to this case, the rationale behind the present chapter is the following.
