Insanity and allied neuroses : a practical and clinical manual / by George H. Savage ; with the assistance of Edwin Goodall.

  • Savage, George H. (George Henry), 1842-1921.
Date:
1907
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Credit: Insanity and allied neuroses : a practical and clinical manual / by George H. Savage ; with the assistance of Edwin Goodall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE INSANITY FROM LEGAL AND MEDICAL STANDPOINTS. Introductory—Insanity may depend upon general bodily disease — Eccentricity — Genius — Crime — Borderland be¬ tween sanity and insanity ...... 1 CHAPTER II. CLASSIFICATION. Different methods of classification—Classification of the Medico-Psychological Association and of the London College of Physicians—Author’s classification . . .11 CHAPTER III. CAUSES OF INSANITY: PREDISPOSING CAUSES. Classification of causes—General predisposing causes : Effect of race—Education—Sex—Age—Neurotic predisposition— Occupation. Special or individual predisposing causes : Heredity—Constitution and temperament . . .18 CHAPTER IV. CAUSES OF INSANITY (continued): EXCITING CAUSES. Psychical causes : Domestic trouble—Adverse circumstances —Mental anxiety and overwork—Religious excitement— Love affairs (including seduction)—Fright and nervous shock .......... 46 CHAPTER V. CAUSES OF INSANITY {concluded): EXCITING CAUSES. Physical causes: Induced insanity—Intemperance in drink— Sexual excess—Venereal disease—Self-abuse (sexual)—