Show SP tH IS s SLOWLY R TURN TO 1 H M f lAIN The case of ot Thomas Thoma Chamberlain who is suffering from a n well defined case cage of aphasia continues to be carefully I watched v crl by y ph physicians Chamberlain has l partially partial the power po-er of I speech and aDd can cnn answer yes au and anil no no to direct questions lIe Ho is also I able to lo write his name name and andis is apparently apparent ly able abIo to understand md what hat is said to him hinl Aphasia is the tLc disease which deprives pt p-pt I the patient of all pU power T of voluntary speech It is iJ caused by a Ic lesion ion of the left eft ct lower frontal 01 lobe 0 of the brain which is is commonly c called uca Broca's Brocas s 's 8 convolution convolution con con- Brocas Broca's I or ot area ui Patients who are a afflicted 1 with this di disease ea e are arc unable to control their speech ch or to repeat sentences or words or s which ar am arc spoken to them Wern It is at times accompanied by motor paralysis but in Cham Chamberlains Chamberlain's orlain's case this latter is not pre present the tho patient in hn having complete control of of- both DOth both hi his bi le legs 8 and arms It has not yet been definitely established as to how bo Cha Chanberlain received his injury in in- ju jury as 38 the man map is unable to tell how howit it lt o occurred and it might either have c resulted re reo rc- rc suIted from a fall which fractured the skull or an nn c electric shock which paralyzed para para- the nerve centers controlling the power of ot speech The doctors in charge e lean eau toward the theory of a fall as tho the fact that Chamberlain was able ablo to write his oie reports after ho oe had been injured with gradually increasing difficulty seems to prove provo that ho he is suffering from froma a gradual hemorrhage e which slowly gathered and pressed upon the Broca s a scon con convolution The doctors in charge of the case are I much pleased with Chamberlains Chamberlain a 8 improvement im un- un provement pro and are arc confident that nature will absorb tho the blood clot should prove pro to lo be one and that he will eventually eventually event event- recover the the- use of his ha tongue Aphasia is is a ver very uncommon complaint and the doctors of the city are aro taking advantage of tIle the opportunity by Chamberlains Chamberlain 8 case to thoroughly I study the pro progress of the symptoms sj |