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Where Have All the Pithiatics Gone?

3 Quarks Daily2/27/2026

Summary

The article titled "Where Have All the Pithiatics Gone?" by Robert Boncardo and Christian R. Gelder discusses the case of Trénel and Lacan’s ‘strange patient’ nearly a century later. It highlights that pithiatism has been relegated to the nosological archive and notes the significance of the diagnosis within a unique French psychiatric context.

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