Psychosurgical problems / edited by Fred A. Mettler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mettler, Fred A. (Fred Albert), 1907- editor.

Series:

History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century.

History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nervous system--Surgery.

Nervous system.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 357 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 1952 (2000 printing)

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Contributors ; Editor's Preface ; 1. Nature of the Project; 2. Hospital Management and Social Evaluation; 3. Surgical Procedures; 4. General Medical Condition, Including Hematological and Physiologic Findings ; 5. Neurology; 6. Olfaction; 7. Vestibular Function and Autokinesis; 8. The Design of the Psychologic Investigation

9. Psychometric Studies10. Complex Mental Functions: Memory, Learning, Mental Set, and Perceptual Tasks ; 11. Attitude Evaluation; 12. Time-sampling Study of Behavior; 13. Psychophysiology; 14. Discussion of Psychologic Investigations; 15. Report of the Psychiatric Discipline; 16. Conclusions; 17. The Original Columbia-greystone Patients Two Years After Operation; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the New York Academy of Medicine.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-29847-9

1-315-00899-8

1-136-29840-1

9781315008998

OCLC:

1477836915