title: Bartolomeo Panizza's "Observations on the optic nerve" (1855).
abstract: Bartolomeo Panizza was the first person to produce experimental and clinical evidence for a visual area in the posterior cerebral cortex. We here provide the first translation of this work entitled "Observations on the optic nerve" originally published in Italian in 1855. We also review the state of knowledge of the brain around Panizza's time, summarize his career, and consider why his work was ignored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and The Center for Neuroscience, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. colombo@psy.otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Arnaldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Charles G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008488:Medical Illustration / Q000266:history*; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000266:history*; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D014177:Translations; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology