See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

PAUL See also:

• PAUL BROCA (1824-188o)

BROCA (1824-188o)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French surgeon and anthropologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Sainte-See also:

• FOY, MAXIMILIEN SEBASTIEN (1775-1825)

Foy la Grande, See also:

• GIRONDE

Gironde, on the 28th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1824 . He See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed a See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for higher See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics, but circumstances decided him in adopting See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine as his profession . Beginning his studies at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1841, he made rapid progress, becoming See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house-surgeon in 1844, assistant anatomical lecturer in 1846, and three years later See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of surgical See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy . He had already gained a reputation by his pathological researches . In 1853 he was named See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

Faculty of Medicine, and in 1867 became member of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Medicine and professor of surgical See also:

• PATHOLOGY (from Gr. raBos, suffering)

pathology to the Faculty . During the years occupied in winning his way to the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of his profession he had published See also:

• TREATISES

treatises of much value on See also:

• CANCER (" THE CRAB ")
• CANCER, LUIS (d. 1549)
• CANCER, or CARCINOMA (from Lat. cancer, Gr. KapKivwga, an eating ulcer)

cancer, aneurism and other subjects . It was in 1861 that he announced his See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the seat of articulate speech in the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the frontal region of the See also:

• BRAIN (A.S. braegen)

brain, since known as the convolution of See also:

• BROCA, PAUL (1824-188o)

Broca . But famous as he was as a sumeon, his name is associated most closely with the See also:

• MODERN

modern gchool of See also:

• ANTHROPOLOGY (Gr. avOpw1ror man, and Xoyos, theory or science)

anthropology . Establishing the Anthropological Society of Paris in 1859, of which he was secretary till his See also:

• DEATH

death, he was practically the inventor of the modern See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science of craniology . He rendered distinguished service in the Franco-See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and during the See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

Commune by his organization and See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the public hospitals . He founded La Revue d'Anthropologie in 1872, and it was in its pages that the larger portion of his writings appeared . In his last years Broca turned from his labours in the region of craniology to the exclusive study of the brain, in which his greatest triumphs were achieved (see APHASIA) .

He was decorated with the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour in 1868, and was honorary fellow of the leading anatomical, biological and anthropological See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies of the See also:

• WORLD

world . He died on the 9th of See also:

• JULY

July 18So . A statue of him by Choppin was erected in 1887 in front of the Faculty of Medicine in Paris .