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By H. R. Graetz. Price, $9.95. Pp 315. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 330 W 42nd St, New York 10036, 1963.

M. H. Charlton, MD, Reviewer

Arch Neurol. 1964;10(4):431.

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To the neurologist, discussion of symbolism may seem distressingly remote, since our knowledge of neurophysiology is not yet sufficient to account for much cruder types of perception. How ever, in clinical practice we are required to deal with disturbances of symbol formulation (as in the aphasias and agnosias), and a better understanding of the psychology of symbolism might well lead to an increased discernment of its breakdown in organic disease. In the book under review the author attempts to interpret the paintings of Van Gogh as symbolically representing, both in detail and in general composition, certain aspects of the painter's life, such as his relationship with his brother, and his sense of personal isolation and sexual inadequacy. M. Graetz relies on liberal quotations from Van Gogh's recently published correspondence to support his interpretation of the paintings, of which his book contains numerous (and technically excellent) reproductions.

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