title: Neurologic disease described in the Journal of Empirical Psychology (Gnothi Sauton oder Magazin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde), 1783-1793.
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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Old Age, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Förstl
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history