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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introductory and personal.
- 2. Insanity and its treatment among the ancients.
- 3. The insane during the early Christian centuries.
- 4. The first hospitals and asylums for the insane and their character.
- 5. Curious superstitions, and strange methods of treating the insane.
- 6. The beginnings of reform and improvement.
- 7. The modern asylum.
- 8. Guaranties for the safety and proper care of the insane in asylums.
- 9. Treatment of the insane outside of asylums.
- 10. Opinions and feelings of patients.
- 11. Schools and insanity.
- 12. Religion and insanity.
- 13. Alcohol and insanity.
- 14. Tobacco and other narcotics and insanity.
- 15. Inherited tendencies and insanity.
- 16. Insanity and crime.
- 17. Concluding thoughts.
