Excerpt from Studies in Paranoia: Periodic Paranoia and the Origin of Paranoid Delusions The paranoia bogey, like many another, still claims its victims and will continue to do so, so long as alienists are hypnotized by a classification. That the reaction has set in is a matter for con gratulation. These papers are an indication only of the current, and as such are presented to an English-reading public. The editor desires to express his obligations to Drs. F. Robbins and M. J. Karpas for assistance in the translation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.