Despine and the evolution of psychology : historical and medical perspectives on dissociative disorders / edited and translated by Joanne M. McKeown and Catherine G. Fine
Antoine Despine: Magnetizer and Pioneer in the Contemporary Treatment of Dissociative Disorders / Catherine Fine -- Appreciating Despine / Richard P. Kluft -- A Curious Case of Neuropathy -- Medical History : Presentation and Assessment -- Treatment -- First Stage: Treatment and Diagnosis in Aix-en-Savoie -- Second Stage: Treatment in Aix-en-Savoie -- Last Stage: Estelle's Magnetic Cure in Three Phases -- Concluding Reflections
Summary
An annotated edition of a landmark study in the history of psychology, including extensive essays and other critical apparatus that place Antoine Despine's work in its proper historical and scientific context
Notes
"This first English translation from the French is a critical edition of Dr. Charles-Humbert-Antoine Despine's A study of the uses of animal magnetism and mineral waters in the treatment of disorders of the nervous system followed by a case of a highly unusual cure of neuropathy (1840)"--Page v
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and indexes
Notes
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