The psychical tendencies of medical science / by A. O. Kellogg.

  • Kellogg, A. O. (Abner Otis), 1818-1888
Date:
[1859?]
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    THE PSYCHICAL TENDENCIES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. By A. 0. Kellogg, M. D. / [ The following paper is the concluding one of a series contribu- ^ . ted to the American Journal of Insanity, under the title, Con- siderations on the Reciprocal Influence of the Physical Or- ganization and Mental Manifestations. These papers have been received with much favor by the readers of the Journal, have ob- tained at various times nattering notices from the press, and have been in part translated for the columns of European journals. The concluding essay, being of a character to make it proper for publica- tion apart from the remainder of the series, we are happy to reprint, in compliment to the writer, and for the gratification of his numer- 1 ous friends.—Pubs. Journal of Insanity.] The future elevation of medical science, in all its branches, will be most intimately connected with the advancement of Psychology.—Darnerow. Those who have watched carefully the progress of medical science during the last quarter of a century, can not have failed to perceive to what extent the psychological element has entered into, and con- tributed to this advancement. This fact finds illustration not only in the science, legitimately so-called, but in those modern systems of practice, which, whether reasonable or unreasonable, philosophical or unphilosophical, true or