Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2228

PIERRE MARIE FELIX JANET (1859-1947) L'automatisme psychologique. F. Alcan 1889 496 pp., illus. 22 cm.

Probably best known for his work in dissociation and psychasthenia, Janet was one of Charcot's many students who later achieved prominence in the burgeoning field of psychiatry. After receiving his doctorate in psychology from the University of Paris, he was appointed director of pathological psychology at the Salpetrière at the request of Charcot. He later taught at the Sorbonne and the Collège de France. L'automatisme psychologique was Janet's first major work, and it was here that he introduced the concept of automatism, a condition in which an activity is carried out without conscious knowledge by the subject. Janet was largely responsible for the movement to reconcile the concepts of clinical and academic psychology in an attempt to find a single, unified system.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.