Jacksonism

...He is known for his description of Jacksonian epilepsy (1863), an acquired symptomatic form of epilepsy, as well as his research into aphasia (1867) and Jacksonian syndrome (1872), which consists of paralysis of the tongue, half of the palate, and the vocal cords. His theory on the evolution and disintegration of the nervous system, which he presented in 1884, was later called Jacksonism, and influenced TA Libo and H. A., promoting the birth of neo-Jacksonism. Epilepsy [Makoto Iwata]. ...

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…後天性の症候性癲癇（てんかん）である〈ジャクソン癲癇〉を記載(1863)したのをはじめ，失語症(1867)，舌や口蓋の半分と声帯の麻痺からなる〈ジャクソン症候〉(1872)の研究で知られる。彼が1884年に提出した神経系の進化と解体に関する理論は，後年ジャクソニズムJacksonismと呼ばれ，T.A.リボやH.エーに影響を与えて，ネオ･ジャクソニズムの誕生を促した。癲癇【岩田 誠】。…

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