Twenty-five years with the insane
"This book, based on the author's twenty-five years of experience as a clergyman working in the Michigan Asylum for the Insane, describes various mental diseases and their treatments. Topics discussed include the following: insanity and its treatment among the ancients; the insane during t...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Detroit :
J. MacFarlane
1885.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009799158406719 |
| Sumario: | "This book, based on the author's twenty-five years of experience as a clergyman working in the Michigan Asylum for the Insane, describes various mental diseases and their treatments. Topics discussed include the following: insanity and its treatment among the ancients; the insane during the early Christian centuries; the first hospitals and asylums for the insane and their character; curious superstitions and strange methods of treating the insane; the beginnings of reform and improvement; the modern asylum; guarantees for the safety and proper care of the insane in asylums; treatment of the insane outside of asylums; opinions and feelings of patients; schools and insanity; religion and insanity; alcohol and insanity; tobacco and other narcotics and insanity; inherited tendencies and insanity; and insanity and crime." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (157 pages) |
