Hysteria: Reflex and Instinct
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Hysteria is still too little understood, and too much the subject ?f loose thinking, even by psychiatrists. Any attempt to clarify our knowledge is therefore welcome : and the more so, when it is backed by an experience and an erudition such as Dr. Kretschmer's. And indeed we can cordially recommend his book to all doctors, who will find his concepts very helpful for themselves, and (in some cases) possible to explain to their patients. The style of the book, however, varies a great deal, ranging from extreme lucidity to complicated jargon, and words which are nonsensical as they stand. This must presumably be blamed on the translators, or even the printers' reader, and not on the author; but lt; does detract considerably from the pleasure of reading. R. F. Tredgold.
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