Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus (Case 22), an Ancient Egyptian textbook on trauma surgery written in Hieratic script, c. 16th century B.C.E. Courtesy the National Library of Medicine.
The Academy of Aphasia was founded in 1962, holding its first meeting in Chicago in 1963. From an initial group of 9 charter members, the Academy has grown to include more than 180 members from both clinical and research fields and has attracted significant national and international interest.