British Journal of Medical Psychology

Greenwood, Major, and Smith, May. Some Pioneers in Medical Psychology. I-IV, pp. 1-30—Continued.

Glover, Edward. Medical Psychology or Academic (Normal) Psychology. A Problem in Orientation. Pp. 31-49.

Worster-Drought, C. Hystero-Epilepsy. Pp. 50-82.

Critical Notices, Reviews, etc.

Greenwood and Smith. Pioneers in Medical Psychology.—This is an historical summary which emphasizes the significance of antecedent ideas in the development of human thought. History as a descriptive discipline emphasizing only the chronicle of heroic—chiefly sadistic-achievements is going a bit out of fashion. Great men, viewed as mere instruments in the stream of tendency, likewise giving way to a more organic view. Medical psychology is not as new as the non-historically informed youthful enthusiasts would believe and it serves a useful purpose to look back over the pathways traveled and opened up. Hence this well informed resume. The authors here dealt with wrote in Greek or Latin. They naturally begin with the Hippocratic corpus, chiefly through Plato's work in the Phaedro and Phaedrus, and after a brief recapitulation of the body-mind situation as presented by Plato pass on to Aristotle's handling of the same problem. Cicero comes in for a good section. Lucretius, Galen—the latter cleared from much scholastic misinterpretation—lead to the third to fifth century, with Plotinus and St. Augustine as foci. The latter caused much confusion by his eclectic terminology and the inevitable distortions introduced by theological and hypothetical implications. (To be continued.)

Glover, E. Medical or Academic Psychology.—An orientation thesis which would indicate adequate reasons why the strictly medically and clinically oriented thinker should find most of the academic or ‘normal’ psychology hardly worth the reading. Inasmuch, however, as the training of medical students in psychological science is an essential part of his task, he must needs take into account the material which suc