Study of a case of two-handed synchronous writing / by George M. Gould.

  • Gould, George Milbrey, 1848-1922.
Date:
1907
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Credit: Study of a case of two-handed synchronous writing / by George M. Gould. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    J'b Reprinted from the Medical Record. Norember 2, 1907. STUDY OF A CASE OF TWO-HANDED SYN- CHRONOUS WRITING. By GEORGE M. GOULD, M.D., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Supposing the tale to have been true, Newton, I believe, would never have discovered the law of gravitation if the individual apple had fallen on his shoulder instead of on his nose, or if it had not been peculiarly colored, if it had not been blown by an odd gust of wind, or if the philosopher had not turned his ankle that morning, etc. Something in- dividual is needed to bring truth to recognition, and the greater the number of the idiosyncratic elements the more speedily and accurately, probably, will the abstract principle or general law come to light. Generalizing over a lot of malobserved and colorless facts gets us “no forrarder.” Being and nonbeing are indeed one, but what kind of a “one,” and how useless is such “being,” and such “nonbeing?” One swallow may make a summer if a good ornithologist is the observer of the migrating bird. In medicine all wise physicians know there is no “typical case,” and that one instance of any common disease stud- ied thoroughly to the bottom, in all its relations and details, is worth more than a hundred glanced at, worth more than all the glittering generalities of the text-books, worth more to the doctor as well as to the patient. The same truth, is it not applicable to physiology, to neurology, and even to psychology? Copyright, William Wood & Company