Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Rare, Beautiful and Disturbing Objects From the National Library of Medicine


Symptoms in Schizophrenia, ca. 1930
James D. Page

This silent motion picture documented symptoms of schizophrenia using 18 patients, revealing the lack of understanding of the cause and nature of the disease at the time. The origins of schizophrenia are still poorly understood today.

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