Excerpts from letters about <u>A History of</u>
<u>Medical Psychology</u>

1. "... let me congratulate you on having written a very important work. It is scholarly, informative, and thoroughly covers the history of medical psychology. ... it fills the gap between the history of medicine and psychiatry, which I am sure will be appreciated by every student of the mind." A. A. Brill

2. "I started it last evening, and know I am going to enjoy every one of its many pages. It is a fine addition to the literature, and I congratulate you."

3. "... a delightful style and a wonderful point of view." William Menninger MO

4. "Many thanks for sending me a copy of your scholarly, exhaustive and sympathetically presented 'History of Medical Psychology.' ... It certainly fills a need..."

5. "... it will be a most excellent help to us in our teaching of psychiatry, both under-graduate and graduate."

6. "... a real contribution to psychiatry..."

7. "May I add my small voice to the increasing chorus of acclaim which is sure to follow the reading of your splendid and indispensable History of Medical Psychology?"

8. "...follows a most interesting perspective and is fascinating to read ... will be a very good starting point for any special discussions of an historical character for a long time to come."

9. "... a fine study."

10. "a magnificent job."

Henry R. Viets

Lawrence Kubie

11. "The make-up of the book could not possible be more dignified and pleasing, and I have seen enough of it to see that your erudition and scholarship is presented in a most impressive manner."

Frank Altschul

12. "...a great contribution"

Dudley Shoenfeld

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13. "I congratulate you on the completion of this most important and significant work."
Arthur Ruggles

14. "Congratulations on a marvellous achievement! I have spent some time with your book and hasten to express my appreciation not for the book itself so much as for what you have done for all physicians in America by accomplishing this extraordinary task. Congratulations again!"
Merrill Moore

15. "a monumental study"
Iago Galdston

16. "With your rare medical judgment and wide cultural scope I know that I shall find a profitable and inspiring experience with every page. I am deeply grateful. I shall use it repeatedly and quote it often."
Rabbi Sidney Tedesche

17. "Of all the people who might have written on this particular subject, I know of no one in the field of psychiatry in this country who could have handled it as adequately as you have done. Your immense reading and understanding in the broad fields of this subject which are not usually plumbed by the average psychiatrist is readily apparent in your wealth of historical allusions and in the general broad grasp of the subject. The book is more than a presentation of chronological data and the development of theories - it is essentially a philosophy for those of us who have chosen this particular type of work for their life effort. I wish you the extensive and prompt recognition that the work deserves."
V. C. Branham

18. "A few samples taken at random have shown me the amazing amount of knowledge and of thoughts with which you have invested this work of yours and make me eager for studying it thoroughly."
Heinz Hartmann

19. "Congratulations! You have done an absolutely beautiful job and, although it may offend your dignity as the author of a scientific history of medical psychology, it has to me all the earmarks of a best-seller in the field, even though at no point does it compromise with scientific integrity."
M. Ralph Kaufman

Exerpts from reviews of <u>A History of</u>
<u>Medical Psychology</u>

1. "Nobody in America writes with more fluency than Gregory Zilboorg. As a leader in medical thinking he has brought to this country the best of the European tradition. This new volume on the history of medical psychology is not merely an account of what has happened but it is a critical appraisal, intelligently organized and interestingly told. Up to the present time no book more scholarly than this has appeared in English....Only a physician with broad human contacts and vast learning could have produced this document, upon which every physician can afford to look with pride.... not for light reading, although there are many parts of it that are charming and amusing. Rather it is a book for study and reference. It is a book one could keep on one's bedroom reading table, where in quiet and in reflection one could appreciate the scope and profundity of Dr. Zilboorg's labors."

2. "a remarkably coherent and readable work, learned but not too opaque for the general reader, and lit by original observation." New Yorker

3. "It has been a matter of wonder that a Russian-born citizen could develop so lucid and charming a style in English; but his new book, ... is a still finer piece of writing. Where do the physicians get their flair for literature? And this book is more than literature. It is more, and it is more than history. It is the kind of book that only a psychiatrist, who is first a profound psychologist, could write. Yet it is not a book about psychiatry. Dr. Zilboorg has confined himself to his original purpose in writing it and he traces the history of mankind's effort to discover what consciousness, personality and themainspring of human activities actually are, and why.

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The layman who knows something of psychology can easily follow the text with
understanding, so clear is the style and so integrated and logical is the
continuity of the narrative...unusually interesting reading for anyone who
has given any attention at all to psychology and it is authoritative."

Jersey Journal, "For Physicians Only?" by Raimundo de Ovies

Dean ete

Excerpts from letters about A History of
Medical Psychology

1. "... let me congratulate you on having written a very important work. It is similarly, informative, and thoroughly covers the history of medical psychology. ... it fills the gap between the history of medicine and psychiatry, which I am sure will be appreciated by every student of the mind." A. A. Brill

2. "I started it last evening, and know I am going to enjoy every one of its many pages. It is a fine addition to the literature, and I congratulate you!" Winfrid Overholser

4. "Many thanks for sending me a copy of your scholarly, exhaustive and sympathetically presented "History of Medical Psychology."" It certainly fills a need and so one in the field of psychiatry in this country who is Brown.

5. "... it will be a most excellent help to you in our teaching of psychiatry, both under-graduate and graduate." Of this subject which is not David Slight.

6. "... a real contribution to psychiatry." Sent in your real James H. Hall.

7. "May I add my small voice to the increasing chorus of acclamation which is sure to follow the reading of your splendid and indispensable History of Medical Psychology?" —Emile Stoloff

8. "...follows a most interesting perspective and is fascinating to read ... will be a very good starting point for any special discussions of an historical character for a long time to come." —Adolf Meyer

9. "... a fine study." —Henry R. Viets

10. "A magnificent job." —Lawrence Kubie

11. "The make-up of the book could not possible be more dignified and pleasing, and I have seen enough of it to see that your erudition and scholarship is presented in a most impressive manner." —A best-seller in Frank Altschul

12. "...a great contribution" —Budley Sheenfeld —W. Ralph Kauffman

As about A History of
Psychology

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10. "type and pictures are stunning" Susanne Hardy

15. "a monumental study" Iago Goldston

Sidney Todesohe

17. "Of all the people who might have written on this particular subject, I know of no one in the field of psychiatry in this country who could have handled it as adequately as you have done. Your immense reading and understanding in, the broad fields of this subject which are not usually plumbed by the average psychiatrist is readily apparent in your wealth of historical allusions and in the general broad grasp of the subject. The book is more than a presentation of chronological data and the development of theories - it is essentially a philosophy for those of us who have chosen this particular type of work for their life effort. I wish you the extensive and prompt recognition that the work deserves."

V. C. Branham

Heinz Hartmann

W. Ralph Kaufman

From letters about *A History of*
*Medical Psychology*

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20. "type and pictures are stunning" Susanna Hardy

21. "this treasure" Philip Lehrman

22. "I have had time only to peep into the History of Medical Psychology, but that peep was like a glimpse of a wonderful country I had always yearned to visit. I shall revel in the volume. How have we managed to live through the ages without it?" - This new value on the history of medical psychology by J. R. Hall

In set merely an account of what has happened but it is a critical appraisal, intelligeniently formulated and interestingly told. Up to the present time no book more scholarly than this has appeared in English...Only a physician with broad human contacts and vast learning could have produced this document, upon which every physician can afford to look with pride,... not for light reading, although there are many parts of it that are challenging and exciting. Rather it is a book for study and reference. It is a book one should keep on one's bedroom reading table, there in quiet and in reflection one could appreciate the scope and profundity of Dr. Hilberg's labors."

In "A remarkably coherent and readable work, learned but not too opaque for the general reader, and lit by original observation." - New Yorker

Jr. "It has been a matter of wonder that a Russian-born citizen could develop so lucid and charming style in English; but his new book, ... is a still finer phase of writing. Where do the physicians get their flair for literature? And this book is more than literature. It is more, and it is more than history. It is the kind of book that only a psychiatrist, who is first a profound psychologist, could write. Yet it is not a book about psychiatry. Dr. Hilberg has成就ed himself to his original purpose in writing it and he traces the history of mankind's effort to discover what consciousness, personality and the mapping of human activities actually are, and why."

Excerpts from reviews of
*A History of*
*Medical Psychology*

1. "Nobody in America writes with more fluency than Gregory Zilboorg. As a leader in medical thinking he has brought to this country the best of the European tradition. This new volume on the history of medical psychology is not merely an account of what has happened but it is a critical appraisal, intelligently organized and interestingly told. Up to the present time no book more scholarly than this has appeared in English....Only a physician with broad human contacts and vast learning could have produced this document, upon which every physician can afford to look with pride.... not for light reading, although there are many parts of it that are charming and amusing. Rather it is a book for study and reference. It is a book one should keep on one's bedroom reading table, where in quiet and in reflection one could appreciate the scope and profundity of Dr. Zilboorg's labors."

3. "It has been a matter of wonder that a Russian-born citizen could develop so lucid and charming style in English; but his new book, ... is a still finer phase of writing. Where do the physicians get their flair for literature? And this book is more than literature. It is more, and it is more than history. It is the kind of book that only a psychiatrist, who is first a profound psychologist, could write. Yet it is not a book about psychiatry. Dr. Zilboorg has confined himself to his original purpose in writing it and he traces the history of mankind's effort to discover what consciousness, personality and the mainspring of human activities actually are, and why.

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2. I started to study logic, and now I am going to enjoy everyone of the many
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3. "... a delightful style and a wonderful point of view." -William Makepeace Thackeray

4. "Many thanks for sending me a copy of your scholarly, exhaustive and sympathetically presented 'History of Medicine and Psychology.' It certainly fills a void in my reading of your subject." -John W. Thacher

5. "It will be a most interesting book to go into our teaching of psychology, both undergraduate and graduate." -John W. Thacher

6. "... a very interesting book to read." -John W. Thacher

7. "Why did my brain value so much the knowledge of medicine which is able to
       tell me the reading of your excellent and indispensable History of Medicine?
       Psychology." -John W. Thacher

8. "...an interesting and thought-provoking book." -John W. Thacher

9. "... a fine study." -John W. Thacher

10. "A magnificent job." -John W. Thacher

11. "The making of the book would not be possible if more dignified and phlegmatic, and I have such enough of it for my condition and subsistence to be presented in a most transparent style." -Frank B. Althoff

12. "...an excellent book." -Budley Shunfield

13. "...a great book." -Budley Shunfield

Winfred Overholser

4. "Many thanks for sending me a copy of your scholarly, exhaustive and sympathetically presented "History of Medical Psychology." ... It certainly fills a need, and one in the field of psychiatry in this country who is Brown..."

5. "... it will be a most excellent help to you in our teaching of psychiatry, both under-graduate and graduate." of this subject which are not to be found in David Slight.

6. "... a real contribution to psychiatry." —inent in your real James H. Waller

7. "May I add my small voice to the increasing chorus of acclaim which is sure to follow the reading of your splendid and indispensable History of Medical Psychology," —ally a philosophy for those of us who have chosen Emile Stoloff as our authority.

8. "...follows a most interesting perspective and is fascinating to read." ... will be a very good starting point for any special discussions of an historical character for a long time to come." —seen me the amazing Adolf Meyer knowledge

9. "... a fine study." —which you have invested this work of Henry R. Viete

10. "A magnificent job." —thoroughly.

11. "The make-up of the book could not possible be more dignified and pleasing, and I have seen enough of it to see that your erudition and scholarship is presented in a most impressive manner." —frank Altschul

12. "...a great contribution" —comprise with scientific integrity —Budley Shoonfeld
—M. Ralph Kaufman

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15. "A monumental study" Iago Galdston

Sidney Tedesche

V. C. Branham

Heinz Hartmann

M. Ralph Kaufman

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Susanna Hardy

21. "this treasure"

Medical Psychology

Philip Lehrman

22. "I have had time only to pop into the History of Medical Psychology, but that pop was like a glimpse of a wonderful country I had always yearned for, a country I had to visit. I shall revel in the volume. How have we managed to live through all the years of its tradition. This new volume on the history of medical psychology the ages without it?"

J. K. Hall

It is not merely an account of what has happened but it is a critical appraisal, intelligently organized and interestingly told. Up to the present time no book more scholarly than this has appeared in English...Only a physician with broad human contacts and vast learning could have produced this document, upon which every physician can afford to look with pride... not for light reading, although there are many parts of it that are charming and amusing. Whether it is a book for study and reference, it is a book one would keep on one's bedroom reading table, where in quiet and in reflection one could appreciate the scope and profundity of Mr. Hilberg's labor."

3. "a remarkably coherent and readable work, learned but not opaque for the general reader, and lit by original inspiration."

Benjamin

3. "It has been a matter of wonder that a Russian-born citizen could develop so lucid and charming style in English; but he has both, ... in a still finer phase of writing. Where do the physicians get their flair for literature? And this book is more than literature. It is more, and it is more than history. It is the mind of book that only a psychiatrist, who is first a profound psychologist, could write. Yet it is not a book about psychiatry, Mr. Hilberg has confined himself to his original purpose in writing it and he traces the history of mankind's effort to discover what consciousness, personality and thought mapping of human activities actually are, and why.

["Excerpts from reviews of _A History of_\nMedical Psychology", "1. "Nobody in America writes with more fluency than Gregory Zilboerg. As a leader in medical thinking he has brought to this country the best of the European tradition. This new volume on the history of medical psychology is not merely an account of what has happened but it is a critical appraisal, intelligently organized and interestingly told. Up to the present time no book more scholarly than this has appeared in English....Only a physician with broad human contacts and vast learning could have produced this document, upon which every physician can afford to look with pride.... not for light reading, although there are many parts of it that are charming and amusing. Rather it is a book for study and reference. It is a book one could keep on one's bedroom reading table, where in quiet and in reflection one could appreciate the scope and profundity of Dr. Zilboerg's labors.\"", "2. \"a remarkably coherent and readable work, learned but not too opaque for the general reader, and lit by original observation.\" New Yorker", "3. \"It has been a matter of wonder that a Russian-born citizen could develop so lucid and charming style in English; but his new book, ... is a still finer phase of writing. Where do the physicians get their flair for literature? And this book is more than literature. It is more, and it is more than history. It is the kind of book that only a psychiatrist, who is first a profound psychologist, could write. Yet it is not a book about psychiatry. Dr. Zilboerg has confined himself to his original purpose in writing it and he traces the history of mankind's effort to discover what consciousness, personality and thornmalspring of human activities actually are, and why."]

GREGORY ZILBOORG, M. D.

A SCIENCE MUST AND MUST BECAUSE, AS A FILTER WHICH DETECTS OUR MISCONCEPTIONS AND ERRORS, ADMITTING ONLY THE CLEAR AND PURE SOLUTION OF WHAT IS TRUE KNOWLEDGE.

THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, PRESENTED BY Dr. GREGORY ZILBOORG, WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH Dr. GEORGE W. HENRY, WILL BE AVAIL AS SUCH A FILTER FOR MANY A PSYCHOLOGIST, PSYCHOLOGIST, BIOLOGIST, PHILOSOPHER, AND GENERAL HISTORIAN. IT WILL GIVE IN EQUAL CAPACITY THOSE LAYERS WHICH ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE PULSE OF LIFE AS REFLECTED IN HUMAN THOUGHT AND WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH THE INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL TRENDS OF OUR TIMES. THE BOOK IS A HISTORY; IT CONTAINS ALL ESSENTIAL FACTS. IT IS A GOOD HISTORY; THE FACTS ARE NOT PRESENTED BY WAY OF MEAN LIVING BUT ARE FULLY CORRECTED SO AS TO PRESENT THE FAIR AND TRUE, THE TRUE AND THE FALSE, OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE GENERAL VIEW OF THE TERM "THAT IS TO BE," OF MAN'S THOUGHT OF HIMSELF AND OF MENTAL DISEASE, OF HIS LIABILITY FOR THE CONQUEST OF A CITIZEN MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL FACTS OF HIS COUNTRY'S HISTORY; OTHERWISE, HE IS LIKE A GARDEN PLANT GROWING IN A CORNFIELD - NOT TRULY A PART OF HIS ENVIRONMENT, NO ROOTS IN THE SOIL WHICH IS HIS. A MAN OF SCIENCE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY OF HIS OWN SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE IS APT TO BE AS ISOLATED SPIRITUALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY FROM THE VERY SCIENCE TO WHICH HE DEVOTES HIS LIFE. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE OF PSYCHIATRISTS AND WORKERS IN FIELDS RELATED TO PSYCHIATRY. THE COMPLEX AND ELUSIVE PROBLEMS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR HAVE MANY OBSCURE ASPECTS WHICH ARE MISLEADING AND CONFUSING UNLESS ONE KNOWS HOW WE HAPPEN TO HAVE ARRIVED AT OUR PRESENT DAY CONCEPTIONS AND IDEAS - HOW THEY DEVELOPED, WHICH ERRORS WE DISCARDED AND TO WHICH WE STILL SEEM TO ADHERE FOR WANT OF KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN FULLY CONFUTED IN THE PAST. THE HISTORY OF

GREGORY ZILBOORG, M. D.

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A SCIENCE MUST AND DOES SERVE AS A FILTER WHICH DETECTS OUR MISCONCEPTIONS AND ERRORS, ADMITTING ONLY THE CLEAR AND PURE SOLUTION OF WHAT IS TRUE KNOWLEDGE.

THE HISTORY OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY BY DR. GREGORY ZILBOORG, WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH DR. GEORGE W. HENRY, WILL SERVE AS SUCH A FILTER FOR MANY A PSYCHIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGIST, SOCIOLOGIST, PHILOSOPHER, AND GENERAL HISTORIAN. IT WILL SERVE IN EQUAL CAPACITY THOSE LAYMEN WHO ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE PULSE OF LIFE AS REFLECTED IN HUMAN THOUGHT AND WHO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THE INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL TRENDS OF OUR TIMES. THE BOOK IS A HISTORY; IT CONTAINS ALL ESSENTIAL FACTS. IT IS A GOOD HISTORY; THE FACTS ARE NOT PRESENTED BY WAY OF MERE LISTING BUT ARE FULLY CORRELATED SO AS TO PRESENT THE FABRIC AND DESIGNS, THE TRENDS AND THE GROWTH OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE BROADEST SENSE OF THE TERM - THAT IS TO SAY, OF MAN'S THOUGHT OF HIMSELF AND OF MENTAL DISEASE, OF HIS STRUGGLE FOR THE CONQUEST OF MENTAL ILLS, OF HIS STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHT TO DEAL WITH MENTAL ILLS AS ILLS, OF HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST ALL THE ABSTRACT, CRUEL, AND INTOLERANT MISCONCEPTIONS WHICH FOR SO MANY CENTURIES THREATENED TO ABOLISH HUMANNESS IN DEALING WITH HUMAN MENTAL FRAILTY. THE STORY REVEALS ITSELF IN ALL ITS VARIETY OF COLORS AND SHADES. THE CLASSICAL RATIONAL MIND, THE MYSTIC ORIENTAL, THE ABSTRACT THEOLOGICAL, THE TRULY PIOUS AND ENLIGHTENED, THE HUMANISTIC, THE ENLIGHTENED SCIENTIFIC, THE BOLD PIONEERING AND SEARCHING, THE CONTEMPLATIVE AND OBSERVING - ALL ARE HERE REVIEWED AND RELATED IN ONE COHERENT STORY.

SCHOLARSHIP AND PATIENCE AND ANALYTICAL HISTORICAL SOBRIETY WERE COMBINED TO MAKE THIS BOOK POSSIBLE. THE EVENTS AND THE GREAT MEDICAL SCHOLARS WHOSE EFFORTS SYMBOLIZED THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY,

GREGORY ZILBOORG, M. D.

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FROM THE PYTHAGOREAN TEMPLES TO PSYCHOANALYTIC TREATMENT ROOMS, FROM
SUSRUTA OR HIPPOCRATES TO FREUD, ARE HERE NOT ONLY NOTED AND DESCRIBED BUT
PLACED IN AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE WHICH IN TURN PLACES THE READER IN HIS
HISTORICAL SETTING, SO THAT THE ENVIRONMENT BECOMES HIS AND HIS ROOTS
GROW IN THE SOIL OF HIS OWN SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE.

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