Kraepelin
Americannoun
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As inmate populations rose, Emil Kraepelin and other European scientists sought to trace insanity to its biological roots.
From Scientific American • Aug. 3, 2019
Our own culture’s conception of the varieties of mental illness took shape first from a deck of cards curated by the pioneering German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin over a century ago.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2018
Kraepelin was a staunch critic of psychoanalysis and passionate advocate for understanding mental phenomena in strictly biological terms — attitudes now also ascendant in psychiatric biomedicine.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2018
Their role model now is not Freud or Kraepelin, but the genetic revolution taking place in oncology.
From Nature • Apr. 24, 2013
Kraepelin took it in Java on the leaves of water-lilies.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
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