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Biography of Pierre Paul Broca
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Pierre Paul Broca, the son of a Huguenot doctor, was born near Bordeaux, France, in 1824. After studying mathematics and physical science at the local university, he entered medical school at the University of Paris in 1841. He received his M.D. in...
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Biography of Pierre Paul Broca
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Paul Broca is best known for his role in the discovery of specialized functions in different areas of the brain. In 1861, he was able to show, using post-mortem analysis of patients who had lost the ability to speak, that such loss was associated with...


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Broca, Paul
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(born June 28, 1824, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Fr.—died July 9, 1880, Paris) French surgeon. His study of brain lesions contributed significantly to understanding of the origins of aphasia. Much of Broca's research concerned the comparative study of...
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Pierre Paul Broca Summary
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1824-1880 French physician and neurologist who is regarded as the founder of physical anthropology. While serving as a surgeon in Paris, he was primarily responsible for the establishment of the Institute of Anthropology. An autopsy on a patient who...
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Pierre Paul Broca (June 28, 1824 – July 9, 1880) was a French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist. He was born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande,...


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Film - Dienst
Philippe de Broca
12/01/2004: 437 words, approx. 2 pages
Filmen heiÃt, mit hübschen Mädchen nette Dinge zu machen." Diesen Satz, mit dem Regisseure der Nouvelle Vague so gerne kokettierten, hat Philippe de Broca zu seinem Credo gemacht. Er schuf mit der "Irren" Coquelicot (Geneviève Bujold) in "Herzkönig" (1966) eine der bezauberndsten Frauengestalten des...
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Variety
De Broca accented irreverence.(Philippe de Broca)(Obituary)
12/06/2004: 480 words, approx. 2 pages
French film director Philippe de Broca, whose offbeat 1966 antiwar comedy "King of Hearts" enjoyed years of American arthouse play after failing to engage French audiences, died Nov. 26 of cancer. The director of more than 30 featureswas 71. De Broca,...
 


 

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