Skae's Classification of Mental Diseases *Skae's Classification of Mental Diseases. A Critique. By J. Crichton Browne, M.D., F.R.S.E. Journal of Mental Science, October 1875.Skae's Classification of Mental Diseases. By T. S. Clouston, M.D., F.R.S.E. F.R.C.P.E., Journal of Mental Science, January 1876.

The provincial editor of the Journal of Mental Science is in high dudgeon because his teachings have been called in question, or rather, to speak more correctly, even if more metaphorically, because some of the flimsy theories of his estimable master, the late Dr. Skae, which it was his object diligently to inflate, have been touched and have exploded. Skae's classification of mental diseases has been gently pressed and has collapsed, and Dr. Clouston, who has been long advertising it as a solid and substantial article, instead of being pensive and contrite, is indignant and aggressive. Dr. Crichton Browne has given expression to various objections to that