Anencephalic Monster

A Case of Anencephalic Monster

Sin,?I was called to see a ease of confinement on 24th June, 1911, in consultation with the local female hospital assistant. It was a multipara having three children alive, and there was a history of twin births twice, the children dying on both occasions. As the woman was apiirda, ncishin I was not allowed to make an examination till it became absolutely Necessary and was then forced to depend...

Monster Roots

Monster Analogies

tion. Over the centuries, it has become reified in that analogical reasoning has sometimes been regarded as a fundamental cognitive process. In addition, it has become identified with a particular expressive format. The limitations of the modern view are illustrated by monster analogies, which show that analogy need not be regarded as something having a single form, format, or semantics. Analog...

The “monster” Study

The diagnosogenic (semantogenic) theory for the onset of stuttering was initially proposed by Wendell Johnson in the early 1940s. It suggested that calling attention to a child’s normal hesitations (repetitions) could precipitate stuttering (Bloodstein, 1987). Some of the evidence that Johnson used to support this theory (e.g., certain tribes of American Indians, in which there appeared to be n...

A Double-Headed Monster