The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 85
... least eight distinct periods of depression , and perhaps a few more . From 1773 up to his death in 1784 , he was less tormented by mental distur- bances ; instead he expressed himself mainly about symptoms of a physical nature ( 131 ...
... least eight distinct periods of depression , and perhaps a few more . From 1773 up to his death in 1784 , he was less tormented by mental distur- bances ; instead he expressed himself mainly about symptoms of a physical nature ( 131 ...
Page 138
... least serious psychopathological disturbances to which John- son was subject . - " Fear was indeed a sensation to which Mr Johnson was an utter stranger , excepting when some sudden apprehensions seized him that he was going to die ...
... least serious psychopathological disturbances to which John- son was subject . - " Fear was indeed a sensation to which Mr Johnson was an utter stranger , excepting when some sudden apprehensions seized him that he was going to die ...
Page 140
... least in the evenings . Here , too , he put up resistance by keeping himself active or seeking the company of others . " The great direction which Burton has left to men disordered like you , is this : Be not solitary ; be not idle ...
... least in the evenings . Here , too , he put up resistance by keeping himself active or seeking the company of others . " The great direction which Burton has left to men disordered like you , is this : Be not solitary ; be not idle ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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