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James Henry Pullen, the Genius of Earlswood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Extract

In old times, when kings occasionally wanted to know the real opinion of their people, they asked their fool, and it has become a proverb that “fools tell the truth while laughing.” But the court jester is not always an agreeable man, and it is also said that before he teaches you the maxim he “will annoy and pester.” Thus we may suppose that these were of different kinds.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1918 

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References

(1) The brain of this interesting case was sent to Lt.-Col. Mottby Dr. Caldecott, who handed it to Dr. Sano for investigation, who acknowledges with gratitude a grant from the Medical Research Committee of the National Health Insurance.—Google Scholar

(2) A. F. Tredgold, Mental Deficiency, second edition, London, 1915. Contains a complete record of Pullen's activity, illustrated by numerous figures. The figures which I give in this paper have not hitherto been published.—Google Scholar

(3) “Convolutional Pattern of Relative Brains in Man,” Proc. Roy. Soc. Med., 1917; Id. in “Identical Twins” (Philosoph. Trans, of the R.S., 1916). F. Sano.—Google Scholar

(4) The numbers refer to those of Table B.Google Scholar

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