General Paresis

Excerpt from General Paresis My "Introduction to Clinical Psychiatry" having up to this time been alone translated into English, colleagues Jelliffe and Moore have now rendered accessible to English-speaking physicians a chapter from my "d104book of Psychiatry." This enterprise I hail with pleasure because, in precisely the domain here considered, the last decade has brought a series of extremely important additions to our knowledge, which are not yet included in the English edition of the "Introduction" more particularly. Although unfortunately we still find ourselves at a long distance from the solution of the paresis problem, nevertheless certain modes of enquiry and experimental possibilities are now available, arousing new anticipations in regard to a better understanding of paresis, and perhaps its improved treatment in the future. Precisely America, so greatly our superior in the ample means at her command for the pursuit of learning, would find an extensive field of scientific research in the investigation of the etiology and body metabolism, the chemical and serological problems with which we are confronted. The long standing amicable relations between German and American psychiatrists will, I trust, receive an added support through the present translation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from General Paresis: A Clinical Lecture I desire to call your attention to a form of mental disorder which represents one of the most clearly defined types of mental disease with which we are acquainted, and yet, at the same time, one which in its different phases calls for no mean exercise of critical acumen, namely, general paresis, or the much poorer term which should be abandoned, general paralysis of the insane. This has the lay name softening of the brain which term, however, is used, as we shall see later, to designate more than one condition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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