Sanity and insanity.

"Considering how common an affection insanity is; considering that there is scarcely a family in this country that has not had at least one of its members more or less insane; it is somewhat remarkable that so little should be generally known about insanity. The present volume is an attempt to...

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Main Author: Mercier, Charles Arthur, 1852-1919
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, Scott, 1890.
Series:Contemporary science series ; v. 8.
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Summary:"Considering how common an affection insanity is; considering that there is scarcely a family in this country that has not had at least one of its members more or less insane; it is somewhat remarkable that so little should be generally known about insanity. The present volume is an attempt to describe and enumerate, as to account for, the phenomena of insanity. That certain occurrences are occasional, others common, and others invariable in insanity, all authorities are agreed; and all are agreed, too, as to the frequent association of certain occurrences; but no attempt has hitherto been made to explain either the occurrence or the association. In order to anything about insanity, it is necessary first to know something about sanity, and that in order to know anything about the disordered mind, it is necessary to know something about the mind in health"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 395 pages) illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
ISBN:9780243753079
0243753071