26 FEBRUARY 1954, page 13

Writer Of This Article Says: " No L E - A R !asing Number Of

patients are provenly v ing mental hospitals because of an increasing Use of psychoanalytic methods." men la does not surprise me except inasmuch he writer would appear to think......

Sir,—there Is A High Degree Of Probability That Each Emotion

or thought causes, or at least is associated with, a change in the body, in particular in the brain, and it is equally probable that physical or chemical alterations in the body......

General Templer

SIR,—Mr. Peterson says, In the last twenty of these years [1921-52] Dr. Purcell has only once held a post which was not specifically connected with the Chinese.' If he will......

A Psychiatrist's Choice

SIR,---The author of this article has yerfermed a great service in drawing attention to the advances in the treatment of insanity by physical methods which have occurred in the......

Paris Toujours Paris Sta,-1 Have Noted With Some Concern The

article on Paris which appeared in the Travel Supplement of the issue of. January 29th. I hive no doubt that it was written light- heartedly and not intended to be taken too......