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As the scope, range, and application of Braid's theories and practices gradually evolved from his first encounter with Lafontaine in November 1841 until his death in April 1860, and as his own understanding continuously developed in the light of his on-going extensive (eighteen years') clinical experience, and as he continuously considered the ramifications of the suggestions and advice of his friends and colleagues, and the criticism and attacks of his opponents and critics, his preferred classificatory structures, his terminological preferences, the orientation of his explanations, and his descriptive models altered.

Yet, despite these alterations over time, four clear aspects of his thinking persist:
 * The need for a unique overarching superordinate term.
 * The need for a set of unequivocal descriptive terms.
 * The need for a term that