The pathology and therapeutics of mental diseases / by J. L. C. Schroeder van der Kolk ; translated from the German by James T. Rudall.

  • Schroeder van der Kolk, J. L. C. (Jacobus Lodewijk Conradus), 1797-1862.
Date:
1869
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Credit: The pathology and therapeutics of mental diseases / by J. L. C. Schroeder van der Kolk ; translated from the German by James T. Rudall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    TRANSLATORS PREFACE, Circumstances, several years ago, led the translator to a study of the morbid anatomy of mental insanity ; and, in the course of his reading, he was much impressed by the originality and clearness of this treatise of the late Professor Schroeder van der Kolk, especially in regard to cerebral physiology and pathology. It is fortunate that the laudable desire for knowledge of two medical students (one of whom, Dr. F. A. Hartsen, has since so well fulfilled the duty of editing the memoir of his honoured teacher) should have induced Schroeder van der Kolk to take in hand the work which he had in view, but which, nevertheless, might else not have been accomplished. Through the kind intervention of Professor Miquel, the English translation appears, with the sanction of Dr. R. IV. Schroeder van der Kolk, son of the lamented author, and also with the permission of Messrs. Vieweg, the well-known medical publishers of Brunswick. The translator desires to express his thanks to Dr. H. W. Schroeder van der Kolk, and to the Messrs. Vieiveg ; and he also very gratefully acknowledges the revision of the manuscript by his distinguished friend, Dr. F. von Mueller, C.M.G., F.R.S. The translator regrets the delay which has occurred in publication, but trusts that those who are, like himself, engaged in the duties of surgical practice, will make allowance for the numerous interruptions to which, with suck avocations, a task of this kind must of necessity be subjected. Melbourne, June, 1869.