The Strange Case of Rabin Jynuri - Softcover

Barker, G. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1553691970 ISBN 13: 9781553691976

Publisher: Trafford Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

The case history of an institutionalized "schizophrenic" is discovered in the attic of a recently deceased psychiatrist. The mysterious old file was restored and completed by its new keeper who shares its magic with the world.

About this title

About the Author:

G. A. Barker lives in the Pacific Northwest; he is a martial arts enthusiast and participated in Canada's first "sanctioned" shootboxing fighting championships. He is dedicated to physical fitness, and is developing a system of exercises to aid him in his quest to someday be able to control the symptoms of primary generalized epilepsy.

He had been writing a thesis on the treatment of seizure disorders, and was thrilled to have been handed the torch to continue work on the "Case File of Rabin Jynuri." Although the case outline was complete, it had not been constructed into a readable format. Tapes had to be transcribed and placed within the complexities of an undeveloped text. With the best he could offer, he took up where others had unfortunately left off. He took some liberties in formatting the material, as in lending his name to the prodigal son of "Jaru Baaka," but stays true to the contents of the file.

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PREFACE

(of recently deceased psychiatrist)

In the winter of 1968, I was to attend a lecture given by a colleague of mine; it was to be before a board of psychiatrists and neurologists, as well as several botanists specializing in orchid cultivation.

He had recently captured the attention of some renowned neurologists; they had gone so far as to agree to sponsor experiments that may prove to validate the use of herbal compounds in the treatment of epilepsy, manic depression, as well as the various functional and organic disorders affecting psychophysiology. Their willingness to look into herbal alternatives was in response to the remarkable success achieved by said colleague (D.W.), and his work with a patient identified under the pseudonym Rabin Jynuri.

Mr. Jynuri was a "John Doe" under the care of D.W. from 1967 to 1968. Shortly after being discharged he disappeared under suspicious circumstances. D.W. was subsequently murdered ten days prior to the scheduled lecture. His compound pharmacy lab was destroyed by fire, his body was retrieved from the ashes - decapitated - his skull was never recovered.

Prior to the murder D.W. had entrusted a package into legal care with explicit instructions that the contents be released to yours truly, 30 years after his death. I attended a meeting with his legal representatives on January 15th 1998 at 2pm whereupon the items were officially signed over. These items were accompanied by a cover letter of which I am happy to share this excerpt.

Dear friend: I have faith that you and you alone are now in possession of this material. It is my wish that you publish the work, should you find it choice worthy to do so.

I must stress to you the importance of keeping to the anonymit y in which it was written - I know you'll understand. As for me, I must be dead - murdered? If so, I am also to be in your debt for the hours of work ahead of you. The case file was put into safe keeping rather hastily. The tape cassettes and reels are numbered and dated, as are the notes. Unfortunately, the taped sessions are not easily transcribed into a readable format. As you can gather from my completed portions, I opted for dashes to establish speech pattern only. And those notes, my longhand looks like shorthand, and my shorthand looks like Sanskrit; I don't know what to say except - GOOD LUCK OLD BOY!

About this edition

• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1553691970
• ISBN 13: 9781553691976
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176