The morbid anatomy of the brain, in mania and hydrophobia : with the pathology of these two diseases, as collected from the papers of the late Andrew Marshal ... : with an account of some experiments, to ascertain whether the pericardium and ventricles of the brain contain water in a state of health / to which is prefixed a sketch of his life by S. Sawrey.

Date:
1815
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Credit: The morbid anatomy of the brain, in mania and hydrophobia : with the pathology of these two diseases, as collected from the papers of the late Andrew Marshal ... : with an account of some experiments, to ascertain whether the pericardium and ventricles of the brain contain water in a state of health / to which is prefixed a sketch of his life by S. Sawrey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    riment, as all our endeavours to cure this complaint, have hitherto not succeeded in subduing this dreadful malady. All this ap, peared too important not to come before the public eye. The Third Part is upon the morbid ana^/ tomy of mania. The cases, which were se* lected from a variety of others, appear to be sufficient to establish the opinion of the seat of the disease being in the brain, and its generally producing disorganization in that organ. They also supply us with reasons to account for the frequent want of success, in the cure of this disease, among the most emi^ nent iii the profession. The Fourth and last Part of the work i§ upon the nature of mania ; but by way of illustrating, or introducing, the Author's ideas upon this highly interesting subject, the