The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 28
... close together in this con- ception , which was sociological rather than medical . The theory of heredity provided this old concept with a new foundation . In 1857 Morel ( 380 ) introduced the degeneration into psychiatry . Crime ...
... close together in this con- ception , which was sociological rather than medical . The theory of heredity provided this old concept with a new foundation . In 1857 Morel ( 380 ) introduced the degeneration into psychiatry . Crime ...
Page 65
... flame of candles kept too close to them when reading . I have mentioned at ran- dom at least some of the extraordinary facts of Johnson's beha- viour . Boswell's Life is full of such facts . JOHNSON'S CONSTITUTIONAL DISPOSITION 65.
... flame of candles kept too close to them when reading . I have mentioned at ran- dom at least some of the extraordinary facts of Johnson's beha- viour . Boswell's Life is full of such facts . JOHNSON'S CONSTITUTIONAL DISPOSITION 65.
Page 104
... close anatomically to the temporal lobe . The principal aetiological factor in cerebral haemarrhages in neonates is excessive longitudinal pressure with marked tension on the falx cerebri ; the latter is attached to the tentorium , and ...
... close anatomically to the temporal lobe . The principal aetiological factor in cerebral haemarrhages in neonates is excessive longitudinal pressure with marked tension on the falx cerebri ; the latter is attached to the tentorium , and ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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