Abstract

VALLEJO, Mauro S. SPIRITISM AND PSYCHIATRY IN BUENOS AIRES AT THE END OF 19TH CENTURY: AN INQUIRY ON THE WORKS OF WILFRIDO RODRÍGUEZ DE LA TORRE. Anu. investig. [online]. 2016, vol.23, n.1, pp.305-313. ISSN 1851-1686.

The aim of this paper is to analyze Wilfrido Rodríguez de la Torre’s writings, mostly of all his book Espiritismo i locura (Spiritism and madness) published in 1889 in Buenos Aires, hardly a few months before the author’s early death. Firstly, a brief biographical notice will be outlined, paying special attention to his earlier publications. Secondly, the most substantial ideas and facts developed in the book will be described. Thirdly, a comparison between the author’s thoughts on spiritism and other medical writings (José Meléndez and José María Ramos Mejía) will be made. That comparison will help, on the one hand, to understand the reaction of Buenos Aires spiritists to Rodríguez de la Torre’s book, and on the other, to propose some ideas about the construction of neurosis category in the fin-desiècle mental

Keywords : Spiritism; Psychiatry; Neurosis.

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