Outlines of lectures on mental diseases / by Alexander Morison.

  • Morison, Alexander, 1779-1866.
Date:
1825
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Credit: Outlines of lectures on mental diseases / by Alexander Morison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    IMBECILITY OF MIND. Partial. Weakness of one or more of the mental faculties, of perception or apprehension—judgment—memory— volition. Dullness or Stupidity, is sometimes hereditary—may proceed from defective education, intemperance, and corporeal diseases, striking difference in this respect between certain na- tions. / Credulity. in most cases the judgment is naturally weak—in others credulity is in some measure voluntary from indolence.