[Minutio existimationis. On the question of therapy of psychologically traumatized, deformed patients]

Short case histories of twin sisters with progressive juvenile kyphoscoliosis who were incorrectly brought up and finally scorned as "witches" by their parents are used as examples to explain that Minutio existinationis (M.e.) can be regarded as a severe psychological trauma. The article seeks an approach for therapy. Rehabilitation of the two patients concerned proved, regrettably, unsuccessful. This again confirms that the life of sickly children after childhood is formed by the behaviour of the parents.