Psychology applied to medicine ; introductory studies / by David W. Wells.

  • David Wells
Date:
1907
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Credit: Psychology applied to medicine ; introductory studies / by David W. Wells. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    Preface The present essay has developed as a result of several years' experience lecturing to medical stu- dents. ' The matter presented is an attempt to bridge over the gap between psychology and medicine. Medical education in the past has undoubtedly tended toward an ultramateriahstic conception of biology. The psychological aspect has been post- poned not merely to a postgraduate period, but more often to a postpractical period, — a very proper study for the veteran ajler his years of ex- perience. Psychology is no longer merely a cultural study, but is the means of solving many practical problems presented to the physician. The subject should therefore be opened up to the undergraduate, at least in an elementary way. This gives him a better understanding of his own mental processes, which will in turn broaden his conception of the factors which make for health and happiness. Most standard works on psychic matters pre-
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