Health and suggestion : the dialectics of the mind / by Ernst von Feudhtersleben ; translated and edited by Ludwig Lewisohn.

  • Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben
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1919, ©1910
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Credit: Health and suggestion : the dialectics of the mind / by Ernst von Feudhtersleben ; translated and edited by Ludwig Lewisohn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    where and always. But there, as in America to-day, they were thoughtfully reflected upon and interpreted. Nor have the two movements failed to touch. Dr. Worcester tells us (Century: vol. Ixxvill, p. 426) how, during his arduous prep- aration for the remarkable work which he at last took up, he read all books pertinent to his subject in various languages ‘“‘ with the ex- ception of Feuchtersleben’s Didatetik der See- le.’ “In some way,” he continues, “this inimitable work escaped me, and I have be- come familiar with it only during the last year. It contains the principles of our whole project, and expresses many phases of our thought better than we are able to express it.”’ Ernst von Feuchtersleben was born in Vi- enna in 1806. He obtained his preliminary training at the ‘‘ theresianische Akademie,” and took his degree (M.D.) at the university of his native city in 1833. His success as a practitioner and teacher of medicine was rapid, and from 1840 until his premature [8]