Neurologic Disease Described in the Journal of Empirical Psychology (Gnothi Sauton oder Magazin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde), 1783-1793
Hans Förstl
Archives of Neurology February 1, 1992 DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1992.00530260089026 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Historical analysis Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that the journal Know Thyself (1783–1793), edited by Karl Philipp Moritz, was the first periodical publication devoted to neuropsychiatric topics, with contributors including lay people focusing on disturbances of language and consciousness. Its case reports on epilepsy, Sydenham's chorea, jargon aphasia, and dementia were soon translated and integrated into later work, and the journal's "empirical" approach became a model for later publications. |
Abstract
Know Thyself or Journal of Empirical Psychology (Gnothi Sauton oder Magazin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde), 1783-1793, was the first of its kind--concentrating on nervous and mental disturbances and marking the beginning of periodical neuropsychiatric publications. The editor, Karl Philipp Moritz, and the contributors, many of them lay people, were particularly interested in disturbances of language and consciousness. Descriptions of epilepsy, Sydenham's chorea, jargon aphasia, and dementia are briefly summarized. The case material from the Journal was soon translated and integrated in later work. The Journal itself and its "empirical" approach became a model for publications that followed.