A secret worth knowing : a treatise on the most important subject in the world, simply to say, insanity : the only work of the kind in the United States, or perhaps in the known world, founded on general observation and truth / by G. Grimes.

  • Grimes, G. (Green), 1809-
Date:
1846
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A secret worth knowing : a treatise on the most important subject in the world, simply to say, insanity : the only work of the kind in the United States, or perhaps in the known world, founded on general observation and truth / by G. Grimes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A SECRET WORTH KNOWING. A TREATISE ON THE IMPORTANT SUBJECT IN THE WORLD: SIMPLY TO SAY, INSANITY, THE ONLY WORK OF THE KIND IN THE UNITEIW^TES, OR, PERHAPS, IN THE KNOWN WORLD, FOUNDED ON GENERAL OBSERVATION AND TRUTH. There are other Medical books which treat on Insanity, but comparatively few to the population, and none written by an Insane man. This contains a short History of the Author’s case—giving the General Causes which pro¬ duced the Disease on him individually, Manner of Treatment and Termina¬ tion, Giving the only Treatment by which a Cure may be effected, the Man¬ ner of Detecting the Disease, and the Duties of Sane Parents towards the Insane offspring of their bodies; with some general remarks upon Idiotism, the Jurisprudence of Insanity, Suicide, &c. BY G[GRIMES, AN INMATE OF THE LUNOTTC ASYLUM OF TENNESSEE. NASHVILLE, TENN. MOST 1846.