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The Book of the It. By Georg Groddeck. (London: Vision Press Ltd., 1950.)
Two old and dear friends in a new form changed from German into English. The Book of the It is one of my favourite books, perhaps the very first writing in medicine that took seriously the idea that illnesses which impress us as somatic or organic are caused by emotions, in fact are un-understood or misinterpreted expressions of emotions. The form chosen to convey this message to us is that of letters written by a doctor, Patrick Troll, to his