"Psychopathology should make clear what we know, how we know, and what we do not know. " "ffYoU thinkyou could eliminate philosophy, and regard it as something irrele vant it will overwhelm you in some obscure tDsguise. This is the point where that bulk of bad philosophy in psychopathological studies originates. " KARL JASPERS Since the publication of KARL JASPERS' General Psychopathology in 1913 at least, it has become obvious that a psychopathologist cannot do without philosophical reflection. If he wants to say anything about disorders of perception and thought, or of the experiencing I,...

Als George Huntington 1872 die nach ihm benannte Chorea beschrieb, stellte er die Trias: Erblichkeit, Neigung zu Demenz und Beginn im reiferen Alter als besonders typisch heraus, in Abgrenzung zu der 200 Jahre zuvor von Thomas Sydenham beschriebenen infek tiosen Chorea im Kindesalter. Dabei schatzt er seine Beobachtul1gen an mehreren Familien auf Long Island wohl selbst nicht besonders hoch ein, wenn er seinen Bericht beschliesst: " ... not that I consider it of any great practical importance .., but merely as a medical curiosity, and as such it may have some interest. " In dieser Zeit nahm...