Volume 1

Observations on the nature, kinds, causes, and prevention of insanity, lunacy, or madness / by Thomas Arnold, M.D.

  • Arnold, Thomas, 1742-1816.
Date:
1782-1786
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Observations on the nature, kinds, causes, and prevention of insanity, lunacy, or madness / by Thomas Arnold, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    Madness, Insanity, or Lunacy ; iria- Xiy of which, contrary to what feems com- xnonlj to be imagined, require very different, and fomc very oppofitc methods of cure ; it :(haU in any degree contribute to put a flop to. the ufujil pradice of imprudently trufting theix unhappy friends, who have the misfor- tune to be affli£lcd with fo various, terrible, and obftinate a difeafe, to the comn^oii em- pirical pradtice of indifcriminate evacuation, pot to mention harfli and cruel treatment^ in the hands of any illiterate pretender : • and if, by more clearly explaining fome points relative to the nature and fymp.toms of Madnefs, by enumerating its, feveral caufcs, hy cautioning againft fome which are in a^ great meafuie in our own power, and by pointing out prob.able methods of preventing fo humiliating a degradation of our reafoning faculties., it fh,all no.t only tend to eradicate fome errors and prejudices relative to thefe matters, which haye been deeply rooted, and almo.ft uniyerfiUy approved and propagated ; and confcquently to point out fome improve infants both in our knowledge, and pra6lice,r \'cliicive to this diforder^ but (hall be fuc- cefsfui