The riddle of personality / by H. Addington Bruce.

  • Bruce, H. Addington (Henry Addington), 1874-1959.
Date:
1908
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Credit: The riddle of personality / by H. Addington Bruce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    first what has been accomplished thus far by scientific students of the self, and of assist- ing the reader to prosecute study on his own account with the aid of the technical works which he will find enumerated in the biblio- graphical essay at the close of the book — an essay purposely confined so far as possible to works of recent publication. To the writer's way of thinking it is impossible to overestimate the value, to mankind in the large and to the sick and suffering in particu- lar, of the discoveries already made by such savants as Liebeault, Charcot, Bernheirn, and Janet, of France; and Sidis and Prince, of the United States. Their work seems to mark the opening of a new era for the human race, and in especial to point the way for the better equipment of the great mass of hu- manity to withstand the added dangers and strain incidental to the increasing complexi- ties of civilization. At the same time, it has not been deemed proper to devote this introductory volume entirely to the work of the psychopathologists — to give them their technical designation. The labors of another group of investigators — the much abused psychical researchers