Some reflections on genius, and other essays / Russell Brain ; drawings by Norman Smith.

London : Pitman Medical Publishing Co. Ltd., [©1960]

192 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Copy 1. Donor: Emeritus Professor Alan E. H. Emery.

Some reflections on genius -- Jonathan Swift: l'enfant terrible -- Dr. Johnson on science -- Dr. Johnson and the kangaroo -- The dancing bear -- The great convulsionary -- A post-mortem on Dr. Johnson -- Lord Monboddo: evolutionist and anti-Johnsonian -- Christopher Smart: the flea that became and eagle -- Dickensian diagnoses -- Grock the inimitable -- Sitting to Epstein -- Symbol and image -- Words -- Glossary of medical terms (p.192).