The curious synalgia of Henri Gourdan de Fromentel (1858-1914).
Allachaesthesia
Gourdan de Fromentel
History of Neurology
Pain
Sensory Perception
Synaesthesia
Synalgia
Synesthesia
Synkinesia
Journal
Revue neurologique
ISSN: 0035-3787
Titre abrégé: Rev Neurol (Paris)
Pays: France
ID NLM: 2984779R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
Historique:
received:
12
03
2021
revised:
06
05
2021
accepted:
07
05
2021
pubmed:
25
7
2021
medline:
7
4
2022
entrez:
24
7
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In 1883, Henri Gourdan de Fromentel defended his thesis on an original topic that has not really been studied since. He examined the simultaneous perception of pain in two distinct and distant, but homolateral, areas of the body following a single stimulation on himself. In the discussion he compared his synalgia with other types of synaesthesia that did not involve pain and concluded that it was likely to be of central nervous system origin. After a brief account of Fromentel's life, this article discusses his thesis and a book on the subject he published five years later in the light of current understanding of the phenomenon and the proximity of synalgia and allachaesthesia.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34301406
pii: S0035-3787(21)00608-1
doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2021.05.003
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
168-174Informations de copyright
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