GENIUS AND DEGENERATION

_A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY_

BY DR. WILLIAM HIRSCH

Translated from the Second Edition of the German Work

LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1897

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Dedicated, WITH THE AUTHOR’S AFFECTIONATE ESTEEM, TO DR. E. MENDEL, PROFESSOR OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES AT THE ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN.