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dent physician in any recognized
mental institution.
4. That Mr.. Chambers, in thu
opinion Of DR.. Binger, is not in.
sane-although subject to a dis.
order Of the character" which
makes him the prey of fantasy
and a distorted moral sense.
Uses Sweetest Tones.
The giant prosecutor dropped hi.
voice in its sweetest tone as h.
persistently sought to extract
from DR.. Binger a precise deflni.
ton of Mr.. Chambers malady
The psychiatrist tried to give tn.
definition in terms of symptoms
but DR.. Murphy resisted this line
OF testimony.
Mr.. Murphy demanded that DR.
Binger define 'psychopathic per.
sonality" as he would define any
other standard disease.
Take diabetes" he said. Sup.
pose you define diabetes for u.s."
THAT is particularly diff
cult one for your purposes" DR.
Binger complained.
WELL" said Mr.. Murphy. "You
pick a simrNe one, doctor. Take
dandruff, If that's better"
DR.. Binger Nettled.
But DR.. Binger, clearly nettled
by the prosecutors suave ridicule
launched into a lengthy and
learned definition of diabetes.
Asked when DR.. Binger was Ger
tilted as psychiatrist, the psy.
chiatrist hesitated. II want tt
be precise. It was sometime
within the last two or three
years." he said.
This, Mr.. Murphy brought out
was 80 years after DR.. Binger re.
ceived his medical training.
Have you ever been refused
certification as a psychiatrist TO,
reasons of insufficient training?'
Mr.. Murphy asked.
The doctor started to reply;
"The facts are these" But
Mr.. Murphy cut him OF.
Says Action Was Deferred.
please, DOCTOR" he persisted
ITO your knowledge, have you
ever been refused certif1cation al
a member Of this association o1
psychiatrists?"
DR.. Binger said he did not know
whether he had ever been refused
certif1cation, but he did know
that this action once was de.
ferred" for year. He was unable
to say whether such deferment
might have occurred more thar
once.
Referring to DR.. Binger's direc
testimony that he studied psychi
airy In such European cultur,
centers as Heidelberg, Zurich ant
London. Mr.. Murphy brought ou
that this phase was confined t,
an 18-month period in which Dr.
Binger devoted about half his tim,
to psychiatry and the rest to gen,
eral medicine.
Was Twice Psychoanalyzed.
DR.. Binger said that In this tim,
he studied about five or six hour.
a day. 5r
DR.. Binger admitted that hi
himself had twice been psychoan.
alyzed, explaining that this is an
essential procedure for psychia.
trists.
Have you a copy of the find.
ings?" Mr.. Murphy asked blandly
mo-" said DR.. Binger.
DIR. Binger denied fatty that he
would necessarily be any better
qualified to express an opinion on
Mr.. Chambers If he had an oppor-
tunity to question him personally
It all would depend, he said, on
whether Mr.. Chambers came vol
unfairly to him seeking treatment
Otherwise, Mr. Chambers might
deceive" him, the doctor indi-
Gated.
Mr.. Murphy read from a medi-
cal text statement that direct
questioning is the prime need in
seeking a psychiatric diagnosis
DR.. Binger said this is true if q
doctor is seeking to treat q pa
tient, but not necessarily so If he
simply wishes to testify in court
about the persons mental condi-
ton.
Murphy Attacks Term
Mr.. Murphy read extensively
from psychiatric works, attempt
ing to show that 'psychopathic
personality" is a vague term which
is held in low repute as a diagnosis
by leading psychiatrists.
Mr.. Murphy read statements
by DR.. Paul William Preu call
ing "psychopathic personality" q
highly unsatisfactory" diagnosis.
DR.. Preu wrote that the term, as
commonly understood, Is useless, -
and dubbed it a diagnosis Of con-
venience."
Asked whether he considered