WERNICKE, Dr. Carl

The three-volume Lehrbuch der Gehirnkrankheiten (...) is an astounding accomplishment (...). It was the first comprehensive account of the achievements in cerebral localization up to that time. His research, along with that of Paul Broca, led to groundbreaking realizations of the localization of brain function, specifically in speech. As such, Wernicke's area (a.k.a. Wernicke's Speech Area) has been named after the scientist