The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 11
... remark about his work . In such parts of his conver- sation as were preserved for posterity we sporadically encoun ... remarks on this . " His lightest sayings had a quality about them , an appositeness and a sincerity , which often ...
... remark about his work . In such parts of his conver- sation as were preserved for posterity we sporadically encoun ... remarks on this . " His lightest sayings had a quality about them , an appositeness and a sincerity , which often ...
Page 103
... remark on the resistance of epileptics to their depressions . They do this even in spite of their uncertainty and ... remarks may be made about the sleep disturbances . Whenever severe sleep disturbances are encountered in psychiatry ...
... remark on the resistance of epileptics to their depressions . They do this even in spite of their uncertainty and ... remarks may be made about the sleep disturbances . Whenever severe sleep disturbances are encountered in psychiatry ...
Page 108
... remark is very peculiar . Motor disturbances of this description certainly are not charac- teristic of melancholia ; moreover , Johnson's melancholia was not constitutional but of an acquired epileptic nature . McHenry's point of view ...
... remark is very peculiar . Motor disturbances of this description certainly are not charac- teristic of melancholia ; moreover , Johnson's melancholia was not constitutional but of an acquired epileptic nature . McHenry's point of view ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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