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Whereas the melancholic exhibits a state of general inhibition, in the manic patient even normal inhibitions of the instincts are partly or wholly abolished.
Karl Abraham
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Karl Abraham
Age: 48 †
Born: 1877
Born: May 3
Died: 1925
Died: December 25
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Psychoanalyst
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