Abstract
Dr. Jellif(f)e's monograph on the Psychopathology of Forced Movements Oculogyric Crises presents an attempt to understand these in the light of psychopathologic reactions to traumas of the brain (p. 193). Jellif(f)e shows with good authority that one cannot hope to discover the explanation of these forced movements unless they are studied from a dynamic, purposive aspect. Is it not of paramount importance to study motivation, as well as movements? (p. 198), he asks, and reminds us of Maudsley's statement that an organ is a bit of structuralized experience. In other words, if one wishes to understand these phenomena one must enquire into their meaning, realizing that though the organism has been injured, it still functions as a unit. To give a simple analogy, one might compare such phenomena as are seen a postencephalitic patient with the flight of a wounded bird. The bullet wound might explain the
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