Ants and Some Other Insects: An Inquiry Into the Psychic Powers of These Animals

Auguste-Henri Forel (1848–1931) was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and an early proponent of psychoanalysis. His multidisciplinary interests were not only limited to psychiatry and the anatomy of the nervous system, but he was also fascinated with the intricate social behaviors of ants, which led him to become one of the pioneers in ethology—the study of animal behavior. Forel...