The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... appeared in the form of discrete seizures and as epileptic attacks following severe coughing ( so - called laryngeal attacks ) . In my opinion , all these acquired pathological conditions should be regarded as a direct consequence of ...
... appeared in the form of discrete seizures and as epileptic attacks following severe coughing ( so - called laryngeal attacks ) . In my opinion , all these acquired pathological conditions should be regarded as a direct consequence of ...
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... appearance and behaviour of the sub- jects the schizophrenics . Here , too , we have something enig- matic , something awe - inspiring . Here , too , there is in the dis- order something supraindividual that must be there , but is as ...
... appearance and behaviour of the sub- jects the schizophrenics . Here , too , we have something enig- matic , something awe - inspiring . Here , too , there is in the dis- order something supraindividual that must be there , but is as ...
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... appearance . Johnson was not always treated with generosity ; schoolboys are not like that . Merciless re- marks and scorn will certainly have been Johnson's bane during his years at school . A similar situation arises later , during ...
... appearance . Johnson was not always treated with generosity ; schoolboys are not like that . Merciless re- marks and scorn will certainly have been Johnson's bane during his years at school . A similar situation arises later , during ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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