The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... observe this directly . We can see only the individual's efforts to maintain himself , to strike a new mental balance ... observed directly ( the lesion or the defect ) is the core of the disease as it manifests itself . The aetiology ...
... observe this directly . We can see only the individual's efforts to maintain himself , to strike a new mental balance ... observed directly ( the lesion or the defect ) is the core of the disease as it manifests itself . The aetiology ...
Page 68
... observed him suddenly stop , and then seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement , I have seen him go back again , put himself in a proper posture to begin ...
... observed him suddenly stop , and then seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement , I have seen him go back again , put himself in a proper posture to begin ...
Page 94
... observed in many epileptics also occur in individuals suffering from psychomotor attacks . The content of the ... observation has no conclusive value for her . Sometimes she says : ' My reason tells me : you have not done it , but my ...
... observed in many epileptics also occur in individuals suffering from psychomotor attacks . The content of the ... observation has no conclusive value for her . Sometimes she says : ' My reason tells me : you have not done it , but my ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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