Abstract
THE original essay of which this is a German translation is in Danish, and was published in 1885. The author is a Professor of Pathological Anatomy in Copenhagen, and is well known both as a practical physician and as a man of science. He does not pretend to deal fully with the complicated and difficult questions connected with the expression of the emotions. He examines, however, with much care the physical accompaniments of sorrow, joy, terror, and anger; and he offers important suggestions as to the point of view from which the entire subject can be most successfully studied. That emotions are not, in any sense which can be recognized by science, the causes of the physical phenomena associated with them is a proposition on which he lays great stress; and in support of his opinion he presents a number of arguments which deserve the attention of all who are interested in psycho-physiological studies. The German translation is very clear, and will no doubt find readers in England as well as in Germany.
Ueber Gemüthsbewegungen.
Von Dr. G. Lange. Autorisirte Uebersetzung von Dr. H. Kurella. (Leipzig: Theodor Thomas, 1887.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 36, 603 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/036603b0
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