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Insanity (Classic Reprint): Its Dependence on Physical Disease; Read Before the Medical Society of the State of New York, at Its Annual Meeting, February, 1871 - Couverture souple

Gray, John P.

 
9781333811839: Insanity (Classic Reprint): Its Dependence on Physical Disease; Read Before the Medical Society of the State of New York, at Its Annual Meeting, February, 1871

Synopsis

Explore how physical brain health links to insanity and how doctors in 1871 began shaping diagnosis and care. This concise edition gathers early arguments that brain changes can accompany or drive mental illness, and that attentive medical observation is essential to understanding and treating these conditions.


Delve into the era’s reasoning about mind, brain, and disease. The text argues that symptoms and signs of brain changes guide diagnosis, and that preventive treatment depends on recognizing the sequence of morbid processes.



  • How physical conditions of the brain and body are connected to insanity.

  • Arguments distinguishing mind from brain function and the role of physiology in psychology.

  • Early views on diagnosis, pathology, and the sequence of symptoms for better treatment.

  • Historical context from medical discussions of the period that shaped later practice.


Ideal for readers interested in medical history, psychiatry, and the origins of viewing insanity through a physical lens.

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9780267749928: Insanity: Its Dependence on Physical Disease; Read Before the Medical Society of the State of New York, at Its Annual Meeting, February, 1871 (Classic Reprint)

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0267749929 ISBN 13 :  9780267749928
Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018
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