Faulconbridge

Thus, according to a new study just published in OBESITY last month, Lucy Faulconbridge and colleagues (including Stunkard!) from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, weight loss in some individuals may promote depression and suicidal ideation.

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On one memorable occasion the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Faulconbridge conducted an experiment upon John Jacomb, of George Alley in Southwark, whose exquisite and continual pains had been lured out of his shoulder joints by the gentle touch of Greatrakss hand, and went to the end of his fingers, which turned completely numb.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

However, one could argue that Greatraks and Faulconbridge were anticipating Sigmund Freuds theories of hysterical paralysis: physical manifestations of mental trauma which could be resolved with sufficient sympathetic attention from a sensitive, benevolent authority figure.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

So dead were they, that Faulconbridge was able to thrust a pin an inch long into his fingers without response from the subject, who was covered with a hood, and without producing blood.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

Faulconbridge had only to touch Jacomb with the tip of the pin to provoke a sharp cry and a flow of blood from the man, who later professed himself to be free from all pain.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

Faulconbridge had only to touch Jacomb with the tip of the pin to provoke a sharp cry and a flow of blood from the man, who later professed himself to be free from all pain.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

So dead were they, that Faulconbridge was able to thrust a pin an inch long into his fingers without response from the subject, who was covered with a hood, and without producing blood.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

So dead were they, that Faulconbridge was able to thrust a pin an inch long into his fingers without response from the subject, who was covered with a hood, and without producing blood.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

However, one could argue that Greatraks and Faulconbridge were anticipating Sigmund Freuds theories of hysterical paralysis: physical manifestations of mental trauma which could be resolved with sufficient sympathetic attention from a sensitive, benevolent authority figure.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

On one memorable occasion the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Faulconbridge conducted an experiment upon John Jacomb, of George Alley in Southwark, whose exquisite and continual pains had been lured out of his shoulder joints by the gentle touch of Greatrakss hand, and went to the end of his fingers, which turned completely numb.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008