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... confinement briefly noticed . - Nearly one twelfth of the women at the Salpêtrière became insane after confinement . - More among the wealthy insane after confinement ; among the poor after weaning . - History of this form of insanity ...
... confinement briefly noticed . - Nearly one twelfth of the women at the Salpêtrière became insane after confinement . - More among the wealthy insane after confinement ; among the poor after weaning . - History of this form of insanity ...
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... confinement or lactation ? Opinions of both ancients and moderns on these questions . - This class of cases ge ... confinement sometimes terminate insanity . - Exam- ples . - Pregnancy and confinement , when they effect a cure , act ...
... confinement or lactation ? Opinions of both ancients and moderns on these questions . - This class of cases ge ... confinement sometimes terminate insanity . - Exam- ples . - Pregnancy and confinement , when they effect a cure , act ...
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... confined , is a fanatic , who vociferates , blasphemes , and condemns to the fires of hell . He pretends to convert men ; and as it is by the baptism of blood that he would purify them , he has already sacrificed two of his children ...
... confined , is a fanatic , who vociferates , blasphemes , and condemns to the fires of hell . He pretends to convert men ; and as it is by the baptism of blood that he would purify them , he has already sacrificed two of his children ...
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... confined to this , nothing can turn it aside . All reasonings and determinations , are derived from this all - absorbing idea . Monomania offers a thousand examples of this form of delirium . The faculty which the mind possesses , of ...
... confined to this , nothing can turn it aside . All reasonings and determinations , are derived from this all - absorbing idea . Monomania offers a thousand examples of this form of delirium . The faculty which the mind possesses , of ...
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... confined , or set fire to it . Among the insane , some are stricken with terror , believe themselves ruined , tremble lest they shall be- come the victims of a conspiracy , fear death . Others are happy and gay ; think only of the good ...
... confined , or set fire to it . Among the insane , some are stricken with terror , believe themselves ruined , tremble lest they shall be- come the victims of a conspiracy , fear death . Others are happy and gay ; think only of the good ...
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accustomed affections affusions agitation appear attack attention becomes believe Bicêtre body brain causes cease cerebral Charenton chestnut color chronic cold committed confinement consequence constipation convulsions cranium cretins cure death delirium dementia desire destroy disease disorder disposition drinks emaciated employed epilepsy epileptic erotomania excitement exercise eyes fear feeble fever forms of insanity frequent friends frightful furious fury habit hallucinations head hemorrhoids Hippocrates hospital husband hypochondria ideas idiocy idiots illusions influence insane insane persons insomnia irritable lesions less lypemania malady mania manifested melancholy membrane meninges menses menstrual menstruation ment mental alienation mind monomania months moral mother nervous observed organs pains paralysis Paris passions patient period physical physician physiognomy Pinel present produce provoked reason regimen remarkable respect Salpêtrière says sensibility sleep sometimes speak suffer suicide suppression symptoms temperament tepid baths terminate tion transverse colon treatment violent walk whilst woman women young
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