neuropathy was for him the exaggeration of vital properties and consequently the most favorable condition for the hatching of works of genius.
"Essay on the Creative Imagination"
Th. Ribot
Continual contradictions between great and generous ideas upon the one side, and puerile ideas upon the other; between the will and the word, thought and action; an excessive irritability and the highest degree of susceptibility; constant love for others, great activity in doing good, sudden sympathies, great outbursts of enthusiasm, great fears; at times an unconsciousness with respect to his own actions; a marvellous modesty in the field of art, an unreasonable vanity regarding external appearances:-these are the diverse manifestations of psychical energy in Buonarroti's life; all which makes me believe that the mighty artist was affected by a degree of neuropathy bordering closely upon hysterical disease.
"The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti"
John Addington Symonds
neuropathy This system of manipulative treatment was originated in 1899 by Drs. John Arnold and Harry Walter of Philadelphia.
"Nature Cure"
Henry Lindlahr