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By Kay Redfield Jamison. 223 pp. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. $22. ISBN 0-679-44374-6.

Suppose that instead of feeling sick, sore, and sensitive after 36 hours on call as an intern, you felt alive and energized, eager to admit that next patient in shock:

I also had an extended and rather odd conversation with the chairman of my department . . . and we started a long, dendritic discussion about doing research on elephants and hyraxes. Hyraxes are small African animals. . . . I cannot begin to remember the detailed arguments and common interests underlying this strange and extremely animated conversation — except that I immediately, and with great gusto, took upon myself . . . [Full Text of this Article]