John Hughlings Jackson (* 4 April 1835 in Green hammer clay/tone, Yorkshire (now North Yorkshire); "† 7 October 1911 in London) was an English neurologist. Was of special importance its research in the areas of the epilepsy and the Aphasie.

1864 confirmed the discovery of Paul Broca to Jackson that the language center of right-handed persons is in the left brain half.

1863 it described the form of the epilepsy designated after him. 1873 it defined epileptische accumulations as "“occasional, sudden, excessive, rapid and local unloadings of the nervous system."” This was confirmed later by the Elektroenzephalographie.

Literature

• "“<"… I am only a Tollhaus-Theoretiker>: John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911)"” in: Peter "“Small history of the brain research"” P. 73-85. Munich: Beck, 2001. ISBN 3-406-45945-5

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