Obscure diseases of the brain and mind / by Forbes Winslow.

  • Winslow, Forbes, 1810-1874.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Obscure diseases of the brain and mind / by Forbes Winslow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. Important aphorism of Hippocrates in reference to the early treatment of disease —Marshall Hall on the neglect of premonitory symptoms of disease of the brain—General neglect of incipient cerebral symptoms—Attention paid to the early symptoms of disease in other organs—Cases illustrating the neglect of incipient symptoms—Insidious character of disease of the brain—Obscure cerebral symptoms—All affections of the brain have an incipient stage— Latent disease of the brain—Diseases of the brain subject to general pathological laws—Neglected affections of the brain—Cases of alterations of structure of the brain—Physiology of the brain—Necessity of watching for incipient cerebral disease—Early treatment of insanity—Unwillingness to recognise the existence of insanity—Importance of early treatment pp. I—19 CHAPTER n. MORBID PHENOMENA OF INTELLIGENCE. All physical alterations of the brain modify its psychical functions—Effect of cerebral disease on the mind—Emotional exaltation and excitement— Irresistible impulse to suicide—^Ennui not always a condition of mental inactivity—Early symptoms of mental disorder—Disorders of the mind shown by alterations of thought and conduct ..... 20—24 CHAPTER HI. PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF INSANITY. Ignorance of the nature of insanity—What is insanity ?—Ignorance of the mental and nerve force—The extent of our knowledge of the nature of mind and matter—Impossibility of defining insanity—Study of metaphysics and logic—Suggestions for an improved analysis of morbid mind—Laws govern- ing the operation of thought—State of the mind between sleeping and waking—Insanity and dreaming—Are intellectual problems solved during dreams ?—Insanity a waking dream—Pascal on dreams—Poetry, Sec, com- posed during sleep—Rapidity of mental action in dreams—Curious case— Resemblance of the phenomena of dreams to insanity—In dreams the mind is often conscious of its creations—Lucid intermissions during attacks of insanity—Singular temporary restoration to reason . . . 25—52