On obscure diseases of the brain and disorders of the mindChurchill, 1860 - 721 pages |
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... young women whilst insane - Explanation of the causes of perverted thought - Sources of early moral deterioration - Purity of thought sometimes exhibited by the insane - Power of controlling insane ideas— Symptoms of incipient insanity ...
... young women whilst insane - Explanation of the causes of perverted thought - Sources of early moral deterioration - Purity of thought sometimes exhibited by the insane - Power of controlling insane ideas— Symptoms of incipient insanity ...
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... young lad who had not previously complained of ill health , or of any uneasy head symptoms , sud- denly awakes from an apparent state of profound slumber , and begins screaming , " Oh , my head ! my head ! my head ! " Before his parents ...
... young lad who had not previously complained of ill health , or of any uneasy head symptoms , sud- denly awakes from an apparent state of profound slumber , and begins screaming , " Oh , my head ! my head ! my head ! " Before his parents ...
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... young persons of plethoric habit , active purgation , quietude , and freedom from all ex- citement , physical and mental ; counter - irritation to the head , the administration of the tartrate of antimony , and the judicious exhibition ...
... young persons of plethoric habit , active purgation , quietude , and freedom from all ex- citement , physical and mental ; counter - irritation to the head , the administration of the tartrate of antimony , and the judicious exhibition ...
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... young woman , who was employed as a domestic servant , became insane , and at length sunk into a state of apparently perfect dementia . In this condition , she continued many years . Late in life she had an attack of typhus fever . The ...
... young woman , who was employed as a domestic servant , became insane , and at length sunk into a state of apparently perfect dementia . In this condition , she continued many years . Late in life she had an attack of typhus fever . The ...
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... young gentlemen and ladies in town ; but finding that I could not meet every one's wishes without inter- fering with the meal - hours at college , I resolved on taking up my residence in the city . The principal , tɔ * Extracted from ...
... young gentlemen and ladies in town ; but finding that I could not meet every one's wishes without inter- fering with the meal - hours at college , I resolved on taking up my residence in the city . The principal , tɔ * Extracted from ...
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aberration abscess acute affection amaurosis apoplexy appeared attack attention became blood brain disease cause cerebellum cerebral circulation cerebral disease cerebral hemorrhage cerebral softening cerebrum character cloth commencement complained condition consciousness consequence continued death delusion detected dream Edition epilepsy epileptic exaltation excitement exhibited existence eyes faculty fancy Fcap feeling frequently friends functions gentleman head headache hemiplegia ideas imagination impaired impressions incipient symptoms insanity intellect irritation lady lesion loss lunatic manifested medulla oblongata membranes memory meningitis ment mental derangement mental disorder mind months moral morbid Morbid Phenomena muscular nature nerve nervous night objects observed occasionally occurred organic disease pain paralysis paroxysmal attacks paroxysms Pathology patient period person physical physician pia mater Post 8vo premonitory previously psychical racter recognised recollection recovered relation remarkable says sensation sensibility sight singular sleep softening speaking speech suffering thought tion treatment tumours vertigo vision voice whilst words
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