It can be said that John Cade "discovered" lithium, in the sense that he actually identified this substance that would become the chemical that would help many in the manic-depressive (bipolar) community. One of the best biographies I read last year was Finding Sanity by Greg...
SHADOWS The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung (1875-1961) created many of the enduring terms for the mind and for the unconscious that have enriched literature and humanity during the twentieth century. Certainly he was firstly a follower of Freud and the psychoanalytic method that Freud instigated. But...
New Horizons Those past two weeks had seen me have 2 new artificial lenses put in my eyes: that is, cataract surgery on both eyes; seek digital assistance with making my website better; and assist Labor in Australia's recent elections, even though I felt they would...
I've always been a bit of a risk taker in some ways. [See My Travel Journal: "From Paris to Russia and Back in 1968"]. Different cultures and new landscapes, tasting foreign foods, learning about faraway countries and their languages, have always attracted me. In 1970,...