Researchers in the mind sciences often look to the production and analysis of drawings to reveal the mental processes of their subjects. This essay presents three episodes that trace the emergence of drawing as an instrumental practice in the study of the mind. Between 1880 and 1930, drawings gained currency as a form of scientific evidence - as stable, reproducible signals from a hidden interi...

Mr. Cohn has attempted to be objective and has obviously researched his subject extensively. There is no doubt that Sister Kenny's successes were in part due to her therapeutic aggressiveness, but her relatively simple methods have, nevertheless, proved effective in the reduction of paralysis and contractures and are certainly preferable to the previous custom of immobilization. As a balanced s...

Background Adult patients with severe psychical diseases are hospitalized in a separate building (ward) for very long periods of time (years). This ward has 140 beds and belongs to the Psychiatric Hospital “Sf.Pantelimon” in Brăila. Sometimes they live here for their entire life. In this situation they can develop several diseases, infectious and non-infectious, which need a special medical sur...

The stress a patient is subjected to during dialysis treatment can be reduced by using a synergetic approach by the medical team. The integration into therapy of the positive psychical resources such as: active positive coping mechanisms, individual or family mental resilience, improvement of the image and self-esteem, better tolerance to frustration can represent an important part in the impro...