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Freud's Leonardo: psychobiography and autobiography of genius.

In his creation of a psychobiography of one genius and the hidden autobiographic analysis of another, Freud exemplifies what he described in the study: "Kindly nature has given the artist the ability to express his most secret mental impulses, which are hidden even from himself, by means of the works that he creates" (p. 107).

Art

The element of the irrational at the beginning and during the course of delusion.

Delusion is described from a phenomenological point of view. Based on the observation of 15 cases of delusion over a period of several years and 3 cases described by Japanese and American authors, I have concluded that delusion cannot be understood from a genetic, psychological or sociological standpoint alone. My aim was to discover symptoms which could not be explained by psychodynamic, sociological or other causes. Such symptoms may be called irrational (incomprehensible) symptoms. Their irrationality is analogous to the same symptoms which are described in their autobiographies by two great mystics about their ecstasy. We can see these symptoms in the accounts of Zen Buddhists. These symptoms represent experience of evidence, pseudohallucination, suffering in delusion, a message to do something, loss of awareness of time and space, the polarity of guilt and blessedness following each other in close succession and the feeling of shame. We will better understand delusion if we bear in mind the irrational factor.

Affective Symptoms

Reminiscences of a sociologist: Rudolf Herberle.

The author tells of his drift from law and economics into sociology at a time when this field was not yet institutionalized in his native Germany. He describes his research experiences in European countries and in America. He shows how working on a variety of seemingly disconnected subjects contributed to his education as a sociologist. He also discusses his experiences as teacher and author during the first years of the Hitler regime.

Demography

[Theater nurse and midwife in Cameroon. Impressions and experiences in the grasslands (Northwest Cameroon) during a six-and-a-half month stay in a hospital situated at a height of 1800 m].

The author describes the circumstances of the hospital and out-of-hospital situation in the region she worked in, in focussing on the relevant practical features of the daily life of patients and staff. She deals among other things with the maternity ward (including the separate "camp" devoted to prenatal stays) and the operating theatre. As regards health activities outside the hospital, she mentions those of the existing health centres and of auxiliary personnel called first-aiders (whose job description is close to the one of the village health workers advocated by WHO and others). A health team, usually led by a physician, makes periodic visits to bush villages. The importance of the contacts thus created, for health work itself (including collaboration with traditional health practitioners) as well as for community development, is underlined.

Cameroon

Progress in the treatment of glaucoma in my lifetime.

A period of great progress in the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma began in the 1920's with the development of gonioscopy apparatus and the slitlamp, and the first application of epinephrine in the treatment of the disease. With the development of precise methods for examination, differentiation among the various forms of glaucoma became possible, knowledge and theories regarding the nature and mechanisms of the disease became available, and medical and surgical approaches to treatment were developed with varying degrees of success. Major events and concepts in the management of glaucoma during the last 50 years are reviewed, including literature reports and the personal experiences of the authors and his colleagues.

Adult

Wound healing.

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General Surgery