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... pain - the constant psychic pain and desperate loneliness . One day by chance he discovers culturally available alcohol . It is a magic elixir - to him , not of intoxication but of elation . Instantly tension is relaxed . Gone suddenly ...
... pain - the constant psychic pain and desperate loneliness . One day by chance he discovers culturally available alcohol . It is a magic elixir - to him , not of intoxication but of elation . Instantly tension is relaxed . Gone suddenly ...
Page 52
... pain or even unexpected discomfort is experienced at this stage , the condition may go undetected ; in about a third of the cases seen at autopsy , it has been latent or unsuspected . The relative signifi- cance of other symptoms and ...
... pain or even unexpected discomfort is experienced at this stage , the condition may go undetected ; in about a third of the cases seen at autopsy , it has been latent or unsuspected . The relative signifi- cance of other symptoms and ...
Page 69
... pain- lessly as possible , and 2. to discover any intercurrent medical or psy- chiatric complications.3 In accomplishing the first objective , some of the newer tranquilizers have been remarkably effective . 1 , 3-9 They expedite the ...
... pain- lessly as possible , and 2. to discover any intercurrent medical or psy- chiatric complications.3 In accomplishing the first objective , some of the newer tranquilizers have been remarkably effective . 1 , 3-9 They expedite the ...
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