Insanity and the care of the insane / by Clark Bell.

  • Bell, Clark, 1832-1918.
Date:
1887
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Credit: Insanity and the care of the insane / by Clark Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    Mr?. W igslety. «^e university Insanity and the (are of 1 lie insane. By CLARK BELL, J£ss>., PRESIDEXT OS THS MKMCO-L&GAL SOCIETY Of PUS C/TY Of ■ .1 ! I W,|f. I. iN-wm has been styled, and perhaps Justly, &< i.l is< ivilization. The greatest peril incurred. In the higher cultivation .»f the human intellect, is the danger of Its derangement. Stimulation <>r pressure, uiion tin- delicate organism oflhe tn-.iiii. f.fi.-iiiini. ■> puis il out of order and, liki' the Intricate mechanism of the Geneva watch, one broken rog, or tin- j n-.--. in .• and pressure of even ;i hair's weight, will derange Its movemenl and impair Its efficacy. Man, in his original state, nearesl to Nature, t h<■ savage, the uncivilized; like the lower animals, knows little if anything of Insanity. We may, therefore, with entire truth, say of insanity, thai it is a fruit and product, of what we call Civilization. Dr. Hkbek Nkwton calls it the scourge of the educated, the refined, the successful, the religions, the \ ei y Nemesis of the Nervous System.