After recalling some historical events, the authors relate a few observations they made on children suffering from psychosomatic troubles and who were systematically asked to do the Rorschach test and the test of the tree. If we do not need any longer to demonstrate the value of the Rorschach test in such a case, the test of the tree, when made in very strict conditions, seems to have a real interest, at once for the diagnosis and the prognostic. Particularly, it allows to follow the evolution of the child’s affectivity and instinct during the psychosomatic troubles, whether treated or no
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