Tag: Space
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Roget and his Thesaurus
JMS PearceEast Yorks, UK There was much more to Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869)(Fig 1) than his indispensable Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Fig 2).1 But little is remembered of his illustrious career in medicine and scientific discovery, which is surprising since in these endeavors he was highly regarded in his time.2 This may stem…
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Osteopathic medicine, touch and psychoanalysis: At a new crossroad
Moises EnghelbergNew York, United States Space As a point of departure is the notion of space and the value given to personal space in therapy. Space, the dialectic force by which touch and closeness is defined, functions in therapy as a sort of barrier between two individuals and allows the physician to maintain distance, but…