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manic depressive insanity and paranoia
- Author: emil kraepelin
- Genre: Mental Health
The German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926) is justly called "the father of modern psychiatry". He was the first to identify schizophrenia and manic-depression, and he pioneered the use of drugs to treat mental illness. He was also joint discoverer of Alzheimer's disease - which he named after his collaborator, Dr Alois Alzheimer. Kraepelin presented these and other discoveries in successive editions of his "Psychiatrie: Ein Lehrbuch" (definitive 8th edition also now available from Thoemmes Press). Much of this gigantic textbook can only be read in the original German; but parts of it were translated into English, and they had a very profound influence on the development of world psychiatry for the rest of the 20th century. "Manic-Depressive Insanity and Paranoia" (1921) was the last section of Kraepelin's great German textbook to be translated into English. Published in 1921, the book showed for the first time that psychotic depression could have alternating forms of mania and severe melancholy. In Kraepelin's view both manic-depression and dementia praecox (or "schizophrenia") were endogenous psychoses, originating in biological disorder; but he distinguished dementia praecox as deteriorating - that is, as having a very poor prognosis for recovery - from his new category of manic-depression, which was non-deteriorating. Kraepelin's classifications of these disorders have persisted into the 21st century, yet the books in which he first explained them to the English-speaking world have become very hard to find. This facsimile reprinting of "Manic-Depressive Insanity and Paranoia" should be of interest to researchers in academic and clinical psychiatry, and to those with a more general interest in the history of medicine.
Baby Proof
- Author: Emily Giffin
- Genre: Love & Romance
Is there ever a deal-breaker when it comes to true love? First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes . . . a baby carriage? Isn’t that what all women want? Not so for Claudia Parr. And just as she gives up on finding a man who feels the same way, she meets warm, wonderful Ben. Things seem too good to be true when they fall in love and agree to buck tradition with a satisfying, child-free marriage. Then the unexpected occurs: one of them has a change of heart. One of them wants children after all.
vitality fasting and nutrition a physiological study of the curative power of
- Author: Carrington Hereward
- Genre: Diets
Contents: The Nature of Disease; The Physiology and Philosophy of Fasting; Vitality, Sleep, Death, Bodily Heat; Hygienic Auxiliaries Available During a Fast; Studies of Patients During their Fasts.
The Radio Boys' First Wireless
- Author: Chapman Allen
- Genre: Interpersonal Relations
“Allen Chapman” was a pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the producer of numerous popular juvenile series books published between 1905 and 1986, including the Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew books. The Radio Boys' First Wireless, featuring popular at that time radio theme, is one of a series of The Radio Boys books.
The Boy Knight
- Author: Henty George Alfred
- Genre: Interpersonal Relations
At the beginning of the story we can see a boy, who is living with his mother. Their home is situated in the northern part of England. He learns some information about the outlaws , who are situated in the forest from the government. So, he goes in the wood to let them know about it. Later the boy takes part in the siege of the castle and the main commander of the outlaws promises to take him as a knight.
This book is full of different adventurous stories and any lover of robin hood stories would certainly love it!
Hymen
- Author: H Hilda Doolittle
- Genre: Marriage
Hymen is a collection of amazing poems that belong to the pen of an outstanding author and writer Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961). The poems were published for the first time in 1921 and since that time they have attracted attention among different kinds of readers and have been very popular in many countries. In her works the author describes in a very touching and romantic way human life, relationship between people and, of course, true love and strong passion. Among some of the best poems included in the collection it is possible to name the following: THE WHOLE WHITE WORLD, SEA HEROES, THE ISLANDS, SIMAETHA and some others.