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Discussing an Upcoming Lecture Entitled "Mythology and Delusion"
Rorschach(1884-1922). Swiss Psychiatrist who devised the Rorschach test, a diagnostic procedure using ink blots to inquire into what a patient "sees" in the images and draw conclusions ab out his or her emotional functioning. APCS. ("Dr. H. Rorsehaeh'. 1p. Oblong 12mo. Waldau, Switzerland, November 19, 1914. To Viennese-born, Swiss scholar SAMUEL SINGER (1860-1948).
"Dear Professor, Hoping not to appear presumptuous, I would title my lecture 'Mythology!!)! and Delusion, , starting with a series rif examples similar to the whale idea told to you, and then moving on to the special arehaicizjng nature of dementia praeeox. But I would like to show you the entire plan on Tuesday and get your opinion ... "
Our letter is written several months after Rorschach returned from a brief period in his new wife's native Russia in order to become assistant director of Herisau Psychiatric Hospital near Bern.
Immigrating to Switzerland because his Jewish ancestry limited his career options in Austria, Singer spent 30 years as a professor of German philology and medieval literature at the University of Bern, writing extensively on medieval literature and proverbs.
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