Lokalisatie van hersenfuncties, 125 jaar na het proefschrift van de eerste Nederlandse vrouwelijke arts, Aletta Jacobs ; Localisation of brain function, 125 years after the thesis of Aletta Jacobs, the first Dutch female physician

Aletta H. Jacobs was the first female physician in the Netherlands. In 1879, she defended her thesis which addressed the subject of localising brain functions. In it she described three neurological patients using systematic conventions highly resembling those in use today. Moreover, she discussed whether or not functions were regionally represented. Her discussion concluded in favour of localisation. These days, the concept of distributed networks goes beyond simple topographical representation. This is illustrated in the cerebral organisation of vision. It is possible to discern visual centr... Mehr ...