This article describes the contribution of Giovanni Mingazzini (1859–1929), the “Father of Italian Neurology,” in the description of the subcortical structures involved in motor aphasia and his opposition to Pierre Marie’s (1853–1940) conception of aphasia. In one of the most famous controversies in the history of neurology, the French neurologists Joseph Jules Dejerine (1849–1917), Augusta Dejerine-Klumpke (1859–1927), and Pierre Marie (1853–1940) faced each other during the three symposiums of the French Society of Neurology in 1908. The debate, which was later called “the aphasia quarrel”, focused on the subject of aphasia. In an article published in January of the same year, the Italian neurologist Giovanni Mingazzini had already explicitly challenged Pierre Marie’s conception of aphasia. Mingazzini’s contribution to the “aphasia debate” deserves to be remembered for the emphasis on the role of Broca’s area, and for his detailed description of a subcortical region representing “the crossroad of the language pathways” which, if lesioned, could cause motor aphasia.

本文描述了“意大利神经病学之父”乔瓦尼·明加西尼（Giovanni Mingazzini，1859–1929年）在描述运动性失语症的皮层下结构及其对皮埃尔·玛丽（Pierre Marie，1853–1940年）失语症的反对意见中的贡献。在神经病学史上最著名的争议之一中，法国神经病学家约瑟夫·朱尔斯·德杰琳（Joseph Jules Dejerine，1849–1917），奥古斯塔·德杰琳·克鲁姆克（Augusta Dejerine-Klumpke，1859–1927）和皮埃尔·玛丽（Pierre Marie，1853–1940）在三个研讨会上相互面对1908年法国神经病学会的论文。这场辩论后来被称为“失语症争吵”，主要针对失语症。在同年1月发表的一篇文章中，意大利神经学家乔凡尼·明加西尼（Giovanni Mingazzini）已经明确挑战了皮埃尔·玛丽（Pierre Marie）的失语症概念。