Literary notes about LESION (AI summary)
The term "lesion" is used with remarkable versatility, predominantly in medical and pathological discussions, where it denotes a site of physical damage or abnormality. It refers to a range of conditions from subtle tissue impairment to significant structural defects, as when a lesion is detected in the brain affecting motor function ([1], [2], [3], [4]) or identified as a key finding in conditions like scurvy and cardiac disease ([5], [6], [7]). Beyond its literal anatomical sense, the word also appears in metaphorical contexts, suggesting damage to spirit or social integrity ([8], [9]). This varied application underscores the term’s utility in pinpointing both concrete and abstract forms of injury across diverse literary texts.
- Moreover the dog tends in voluntary movements to swerve towards the side of the brain-lesion instead of going straight forward.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - If there was a focal lesion at that point, you would have the movements of these two parts starting together."
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - The lesion (in right-handed, i.e. left-brained, persons) is always on the left side, like the lesion in motor aphasia.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - His speech will become confused in consequence of an occipital lesion.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - A frequent site of this lesion is at the wrist or at the knee, involving the head of the tibia or the lower end of the femur.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess - In an outbreak of scurvy occurring in this country in 1917, in a large institution for epileptics, ulceration was a frequent lesion at necropsy.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess - The subperiosteal hemorrhage has long been recognized as a lesion characteristic of scurvy.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess - Every time a new world of consciousness is created, the moralists are signs of a lesion, of impoverishment and of disorganisation.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Nietzsche - For the loss of a man's career, even when it is uncongenial to him, is a serious amputation, and entails a lesion of spiritual blood.
— from Kimono by John Paris
