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John Rathbone Oliver [1872-1943] was an American psychiatrist, medical historian,author and priest. After graduating from Harvard and teaching from 1894 to 1897, he entered the priesthood in 1900, leaving it in 1903, probably in the process of coming to terms with being gay. [He returned to the priesthood in 1927]. Oliver obtained his M.D. from the University of Innsbruck in 1910 and from 1917 to 1930 he was Chief Medical Officer for the Supreme Bench of Baltimore and a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. He was also Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Maryland and an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins from 1930 to 1939. Good .
Jastrow writes at length to James B. Pond of the Pond Lecture Bureau in New York City, explaining that his post at the University of Wisconsin, Madison limits the number of lectures he can give, and asking if a limited lecture schedule would earn him enough to make the time and travel worth his while. "During the time that there was such a strong interest in questions of spirit belief, I was receiving from seventy five to one hundred dollars for these special lectures. I find that in most cases the fees have been about fifty or sixty dollars, and as I have already indicated for some of the briefer talks, somewhat less.."
Joseph Jastrow [1863-1944] was a Polish-born American psychologist noted for inventions in experimental psychology, design of experiments and psychophysics. He also worked on the phenomena of optical illusions and discovered or popularized a number of well-known illusions. He was a founding member of the American Society for Psychical Research for study of the "mesmeric, psychical and spiritual". By 1890 he had resigned from the society and became an outspoken critic of parapsychology. His book "Fact and Fable in Psychology' [1900] debunked claims of occultism, including Spiritualism, Theosophy and Christian Science. One of his goals was to use the the scientific method to separate truth from error and to educate the layperson, which he did through speaking tours, popular print media and radio. Good .
Limited edition of only 12 numbered copies. This copy signed "Aun Foda" by the author at the top of the front endpaper.
Aun Foda is a pseudonym for the psychiatrist and psycho-therapist Dr. Arthur Foxe. The work at hand is a study of the psychological significance and relevance of Greta Garbo as a symbol. Dr. Foxe also occasionally sidetracks to examine the influence of other screen idols, Charlie Chaplin and his work in particular, on the human psyche. Very good .
Eleanor Touroff Glueck [1898-1972] was an American social worker and criminologist. She and her husband Sheldon Glueck collaborated on research related to juvenile delinquency and developed the "Social Prediction Tables" model for predicting the likelihood of delinquent behavior in youth. They were the first criminologists to perform studies of chronic juvenile offenders.
Glueck writes on October 7 to Arthur Foxe, a Freudian psychiatrist and psychotherapist and an expert in criminology, to express interest in his "very significant little article called 'An Additional Classification of Criminals'..Mr. Glueck and I would appreciate it very much if we might have a copy of your paper entitled 'Crime and Sexual Development'". She sends him a reprint of the paper "Newer Ways of Crime Control" On October 13 she writes that she and her husband are coming to New York and hope to meet with him. She also invites him to get in touch if he comes to Boston. Mrs. Glueck's secretary sends a note to Foxe thanking him for sending a copy of his paper. Then on October 26 Eleanor Glueck writes to Foxe that she has finished reading "Crime and Sexual Development" and solicits his opinion on various aspects of the subject. Very good .
First American edition.
Designed by Martin Moskof for The Freud Museum, London. Very good .
The text is in German. Fine .
First edition. Translated by Derek and Inge Jordan and Philip Schmitz. Very good .
First edition. Translated by Derek and Inge Jordan and Philip Schmitz. Fine .
First edition, first printing with a full number line.
Laid in is a promotional flyer for the book which states in part "This book is the story of one of the most heinous acts of censorship in the history of the United States. In 1956 and again in 1960, the United States government burned the books and journals, including the scientific books, of Wilhelm Reich, M.D. Very good .
First edition. The text is in German.
Swiss author Fortunat Huber [1896-1984] studied psychology in Bern, graduating in 1923. This work was his doctoral thesis. In 1925, with his sister and brother-in-law, he founded the magazine "Schweizer Spiegel" and the publishing house of the same name. A number of his books were published under the pseudonym Richard Zaugg, among them the novel "Der Sundenfall", "Die Welt is so schlecht, Fraulein Betty und andere Bekenntnisse" and "Jean Lioba, Priv.-Doz.: oder die Geschichte mit dem Regulator". Good .
Benjamin Karpman [1886-1962] was an American psychiatrist known for his work on human sexuality. He served as Professor and Head of Psychiatry at Howard University College of Medicine from 1921 to 1941. He was critical of the treatment of criminals by law and by medicine. "The question is simply, 'Is the accused sick or not?' You can'r have mental illness and criminal responsibility in the same person at the same time. Fine .
Two splendidly detailed and discursive letters from one psychiatrist to another. Dr. Mezer writes to Dr. Foxe in August 1957 after reading Foxe's book "Studies in Criminology". Mezer explains that the Division of Legal Medicine offering psychiatric services to prisoners and parolees has only recently been established and he asks many questions about Foxe's experience of treating patients in a prison setting. He plans also to read Foxe's book "Crime and Sexual Development".
Mezer writes his second letter in September 1957 after Foxe has sent him copies of "Crime and Sexual Development" and "The Life and Death Instincts". He muses at length about Foxe's ideas: "I found myself wondering if some of the conclusions were on the basis of the associations of your patients or on the basis of your own interpretations and formulations. For example, why is robbery with a gun late anal rather than phallic, that is, might not the gun be a phallic symbol?. Another example might be seeing the car as a female symbol instead of as symbolic of intercourse. This is not said in any critical light, as our limited case material to date tends to confirm the primitive pre-genitality you describe.."
Mezer, author of "Dynamic Psychiatry in Simple Terms" [1960] examined Albert DeSalvo ["The Boston Strangler"] at the request of F. Lee Bailey. Mezer shocked the courtroom by reporting. "DeSalvo told me he was the strangler..He told me he strangled 13 women..and he went into details of some of them, telling me some of the most intimate acts he committed."
A psychiatrist and criminologist, Dr. Foxe was also an avid collector of skating books and even published a skating bibliography. Very good.