On the evolution of mental disorder : (insane self-consciousness, doubt and jealousy) / by G.H. Savage.

  • Savage, George H. (George Henry), 1842-1921.
Date:
[1889]
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Credit: On the evolution of mental disorder : (insane self-consciousness, doubt and jealousy) / by G.H. Savage. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE EVOLUTION OE MENTAL DISOBDEE. (INSANE SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, DOUBT, AND JEALOUSY.) By G. H. SAVAGE, M.D. I hate long intended contributing to the hospital f Reports ’ some examples of mental disorders, of which the genesis could be traced with some degree of probability. The pro- cess of the growth of mental disorder deserves careful study, not only from the metaphysical side, but also from the purely practical one of treatment. I believe I shall be able to point out processes of dissolution as well as those of evolution, and shall thus be able to suggest lines of treatment for some cases which are notoriously troublesome. I shall only be able to give examples from a few of the many groups of disorder, and shall thus leave very large fields of observation untouched. I have elsewhere and so often insisted upon the existence of disorder of mind quite apart from anything which can bo called a physical basis of disorders, that is, distinct from any disease of brain, that I need only repeat that the more I see of insanity the less do I expect to find a coarse pathology at its root. Microscopes and meters of one kind and another may show us more and more of the material relationships of the nervous system, but probably no measures will ever be found to gauge the special disorders of consciousness. Consciousness is the