Author: George Man Burrows
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
2000, gift of the South Carolina State Hospital.
Commentaries on the Causes, Forms, Symptoms, and Treatment, Moral and Medical, of Insanity
Author: George Man Burrows
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
2000, gift of the South Carolina State Hospital.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
2000, gift of the South Carolina State Hospital.
Commentaries on the Causes, Forms, Symptoms, and Treatment, Moral and Medical, of Insanity
Author: George Man Burrows
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mental illness
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mental illness
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Commentaries on the Causes, Forms, Symptoms, and Treatment, Moral and Medical, of Insanity (Classic Reprint)
Author: George Man Burrows
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282137298
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Excerpt from Commentaries on the Causes, Forms, Symptoms, and Treatment, Moral and Medical, of Insanity The first notice of insanity as a disease traces it to the era of fable yet the cure of the daughters of Proteus by Melampus, through the means of hellebore, bears too many marks of consistency to be a mere fiction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282137298
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Excerpt from Commentaries on the Causes, Forms, Symptoms, and Treatment, Moral and Medical, of Insanity The first notice of insanity as a disease traces it to the era of fable yet the cure of the daughters of Proteus by Melampus, through the means of hellebore, bears too many marks of consistency to be a mere fiction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine
Author: Daniel Hack Tuke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clinical psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clinical psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
The Journal of Mental Science
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
The Certification of Insanity
Author: Filippo Maria Sposini
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031427424
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This book represents the first systematic study of the certification of lunacy in the British Empire. Considering a variety of legal, archival, and published sources, it traces the origins and dissemination of a peculiar method for determining mental unsoundness defined as the ‘Victorian system’. Shaped by the dynamics surrounding the clandestine committal of wealthy Londoners in private madhouses, this system featured three distinctive tenets: standardized forms, independent medical examinations, and written facts of insanity. Despite their complexity, Victorian certificates achieved a remarkable success. Not only did they survive in the UK for more than a century, but they also served as a model for the development of mental health laws around the world. By the start of the Second World War, more than seventy colonial and non-colonial jurisdictions adopted the Victorian formula for making lunacy official with some countries still relying on it to this very day. Using case studies from Europe, the Americas, and the Pacific, this book charts the temporal and geographical trajectory of an imperial technology used to determine a person’s destiny. Shifting the focus from metropolitan policies to colonial dynamics, and from macro developments to micro histories, it explores the perspectives of families, doctors, and public officials as they began to deal with the delicate business of certification. This book will be of interest to scholars working on mental health policy, the history of medicine, disability studies, and the British Empire.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031427424
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This book represents the first systematic study of the certification of lunacy in the British Empire. Considering a variety of legal, archival, and published sources, it traces the origins and dissemination of a peculiar method for determining mental unsoundness defined as the ‘Victorian system’. Shaped by the dynamics surrounding the clandestine committal of wealthy Londoners in private madhouses, this system featured three distinctive tenets: standardized forms, independent medical examinations, and written facts of insanity. Despite their complexity, Victorian certificates achieved a remarkable success. Not only did they survive in the UK for more than a century, but they also served as a model for the development of mental health laws around the world. By the start of the Second World War, more than seventy colonial and non-colonial jurisdictions adopted the Victorian formula for making lunacy official with some countries still relying on it to this very day. Using case studies from Europe, the Americas, and the Pacific, this book charts the temporal and geographical trajectory of an imperial technology used to determine a person’s destiny. Shifting the focus from metropolitan policies to colonial dynamics, and from macro developments to micro histories, it explores the perspectives of families, doctors, and public officials as they began to deal with the delicate business of certification. This book will be of interest to scholars working on mental health policy, the history of medicine, disability studies, and the British Empire.
Routledge Library Editions: Psychiatry
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429795955
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 7671
Book Description
Psychiatry is a medical field concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental health conditions. Routledge Library Editions: Psychiatry (24 Volume set) brings together titles, originally published between 1958 and 1997. The set demonstrates the varied nature of mental health and how we as a society deal with it. Covering a number of areas including child and adolescent psychiatry, alternatives to psychiatry, the history of mental health and psychiatric epidemiology.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429795955
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 7671
Book Description
Psychiatry is a medical field concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental health conditions. Routledge Library Editions: Psychiatry (24 Volume set) brings together titles, originally published between 1958 and 1997. The set demonstrates the varied nature of mental health and how we as a society deal with it. Covering a number of areas including child and adolescent psychiatry, alternatives to psychiatry, the history of mental health and psychiatric epidemiology.
The Study of Medicine
Author: John Mason Good
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Mad in America
Author: Robert Whitaker
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786723793
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
In Mad in America, medical journalist Robert Whitaker reveals an astounding truth: Schizophrenics in the United States fare worse than those in poor countries, and quite possibly worse than asylum patients did in the early nineteenth century. Indeed, Whitaker argues, modern treatments for the severely mentally ill are just old medicine in new bottles and we as a society are deluded about their efficacy. Tracing over three centuries of "cures" for madness, Whitaker shows how medical therapies-from "spinning" or "chilling" patients in colonial times to more modern methods of electroshock, lobotomy, and drugs-have been used to silence patients and dull their minds, deepening their suffering and impairing their hope of recovery. Based on exhaustive research culled from old patient medical records, historical accounts, and government documents, this haunting book raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, what it means to be "insane," and what we value most about the human mind.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786723793
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
In Mad in America, medical journalist Robert Whitaker reveals an astounding truth: Schizophrenics in the United States fare worse than those in poor countries, and quite possibly worse than asylum patients did in the early nineteenth century. Indeed, Whitaker argues, modern treatments for the severely mentally ill are just old medicine in new bottles and we as a society are deluded about their efficacy. Tracing over three centuries of "cures" for madness, Whitaker shows how medical therapies-from "spinning" or "chilling" patients in colonial times to more modern methods of electroshock, lobotomy, and drugs-have been used to silence patients and dull their minds, deepening their suffering and impairing their hope of recovery. Based on exhaustive research culled from old patient medical records, historical accounts, and government documents, this haunting book raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, what it means to be "insane," and what we value most about the human mind.
Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession
Author: Johann Hermann Baas
Publisher: New York : Vail
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Vail
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
Book Description