An enquiry into the formation of habit in man / by Alfred T. Schofield.

  • Schofield, A. T. (Alfred Taylor), 1846-1929.
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[1893]
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Credit: An enquiry into the formation of habit in man / by Alfred T. Schofield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    *** The Institute's object being to investigate, it must not be held, to endorse the various views expressed either in the Papers or discussions. UNCORRECTED PROOF-PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. For use when joining in the discussion. SPECIAL. / The Presence at the Meeting of those whose studies have lain in the direction of the subject taken up is always important: should any such be unavoidably prevented from attending, the Council will be much gratified by receiving their MS. comments upon this Paper, If possible before the Meeting, if not then within 60 days. VICTORIA INSTITUTE.—Paper to be read at a Meeting of the Members and Associates, on Monday, Dec. 4th, 1893, at Eight o’clock, to be held at 8, Adelphi Terrace, near Charing Cross, W.C. AN ENQUIRY INTO THE FORMATION OF HABIT IN MAN. By Alfred T. Schofield, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S., &c., Chairman of Council Parents’ National Educational Union. IHAV E written this paper in some haste during great professional pressure, in answer to a request conveyed to me by the Hon. Secretary to this Society; and I feel some apology is needed, not only for its imperfections, but for the selection of a subject that is certain to raise many more questions than it answers. And my apology is this:Hirst that the subject is continually more or less before me in cor nection with the education of children on the plan advocate^ by the Parents National Educational Union, with which I am connected; and secondly, because, as will be seen, no question is of greater importance in the formation of character, or has a greater bearing on the advancement of the race. I he subject is one involved in difficulty, lying as it does on the borderland of the unknown, and touching the great questions of mind and brain action. I must therefore be excused it I am found expressing the movements of the one m teims applicable to the other, or in any other way usii VICTORIA INSTITUTE TRANSACTIONS. ' A t 'g