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Page 26
... direct the mind away from the contem- plation of the grievance . " Grief shall leave them no repose At morning's dawn , at evening's close ; Despair shall round their souls be twined , And drink the vigour of their mind , As round the ...
... direct the mind away from the contem- plation of the grievance . " Grief shall leave them no repose At morning's dawn , at evening's close ; Despair shall round their souls be twined , And drink the vigour of their mind , As round the ...
Page 39
... direct , with- out imposing that restraint upon the actions which will ensure both himself and others against injury . Thus , in our treatment either of civil or criminal lunacy , we propose to carry into effect two objects : a measure ...
... direct , with- out imposing that restraint upon the actions which will ensure both himself and others against injury . Thus , in our treatment either of civil or criminal lunacy , we propose to carry into effect two objects : a measure ...
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... direct operation of intense motives , such as stimulate master minds , leads to disorder of the brain , and this disorder of the brain reacts to main- tain a perverted bias , or injurious habits of applica- tion ; Cowper , Byron , Swift ...
... direct operation of intense motives , such as stimulate master minds , leads to disorder of the brain , and this disorder of the brain reacts to main- tain a perverted bias , or injurious habits of applica- tion ; Cowper , Byron , Swift ...
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... direct evidence of deranged mind ; want of motive is a forcible consideration ; but how are we to be assured that there is real absence of motive ? Are we to conclude that because the motive is not apparent , that therefore it does not ...
... direct evidence of deranged mind ; want of motive is a forcible consideration ; but how are we to be assured that there is real absence of motive ? Are we to conclude that because the motive is not apparent , that therefore it does not ...
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... direct the attention of our readers to the publication of a third edition . With regard to the engravings , they are so numerous , so well executed , and so instructive , that they are in themselves worth the whole cost of the book ...
... direct the attention of our readers to the publication of a third edition . With regard to the engravings , they are so numerous , so well executed , and so instructive , that they are in themselves worth the whole cost of the book ...
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action ACTONIAN PRIZE admitted attention brain CHEMISTRY cloth Coloured committed condition crime criminal lunatic delusion derangement DISEASES eccentricity effect Engravings on Wood evidence F.R.S. A MANUAL Fasciculi favour Fcap Felo de se Foolscap 8vo Foreign Medical Review Fourth Edition Gazette ground of insanity GUY'S HOSPITAL homicidal HOSPITAL human HYPOCHONDRIACAL Illustrations on Wood impulse individual instance intellectual irresponsibility Journal of Medicine judge judgment jury justice knowledge LONDON lucid interval lunatic asylums manslaughter means Medical Journal MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE ment mental unsoundness MIDWIFERY monomania moral morbid motive murder nature numerous Illustrations object offences opinion PATHOLOGY perpetration person PHARMACOPOEIA PHYSICIAN PHYSIOLOGY Plates plea of insanity possess Post 8vo power of control PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS practitioner present principles prisoner profession punishment reason recommend responsible ROYAL sane sanity SCROFULA Second Edition society sound student suicide SURGEON SURGERY SYPHILITIC Third Edition tion treatise unsound mind URETHRA WILLIAM GULL wrong
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