A system of practical medicine, comprised in a series of original dissertations, arranged and ed. by A. Tweedie1840 |
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Pagina 107 - There are many individuals living at large, and not entirely separated from society, who are affected in a certain degree by this modification of insanity. They are reputed persons of singular, wayward, and eccentric character. An attentive observer may often...
Pagina 120 - In one instance, a woman was exemplary in her obedience to every command of the moral law, except one — she could not refrain from stealing. What made this vice more remarkable was that she was in easy circumstances, and not addicted to extravagance in anything. Such was the propensity to this vice, that when she could lay her hands on nothing more valuable, she would often at the table of a friend fill her pockets secretly with bread. She both confessed and lamented her crime.
Pagina 120 - ... 18 Fourthly, this propensity to steal is sometimes followed by general mania. Fodere relates the case of a female servant in his own family who could not help stealing secretly from himself and others articles even of trifling value; though she was intelligent, modest, and religious, and was all the while conscious of and admitted the turpitude of her actions. He placed her in a hospital, considering her insane, and after apparent restoration and a long trial, he again took her into his service....
Pagina 107 - This has been either a disorder affecting the head, a slight attack of paralysis, a fit of epilepsy, or some febrile or inflammatory disorder, which has produced a perceptible change in the habitual state of the constitution. In some cases the alteration in temper and habits has been gradual and imperceptible, and it seems only to have consisted in an exaltation and increase of peculiarities, which were always more or less natural and habitual.
Pagina 184 - ... of the cord; and that, when appearances of inflammation present themselves in any organ accompanied by a corresponding spinal tenderness, they cannot commonly be removed by the remedies applicable to inflammatory cases, and are often rendered worse by them.
Pagina 99 - ... morbid energy in the pursuits on which he is intent, in which, however, he performs nothing ; his projects are for the most part trifling and absurd. He neglects food, loses his appetite, passes sleepless nights, either lying awake and fatiguing his mind with anxious speculations, or rising often, walking to and fro in a state of uneasiness and perturbation. At length his reason is found to be disordered : he appears scarcely to know what he says, talks nonsense, repeats his words frequently,...
Pagina 41 - ... from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea ; scattered through a large body of sand or clay ; and in this state it is called by the Mandingoes sanoo munko,
Pagina 284 - ... no paralysis during life ; and a still greater number are on record, in which there was well-marked paralysis during life, but no appreciable change in the structures after death. It is by no means improbable, therefore, as paralysis may be induced without leaving any traces, that in...
Pagina 120 - Legale, ti, p. 237) relates the case of a female servant in his own family, " who could not help stealing secretly from himself and others articles even of trifling value ; though she was intelligent, modest, and religious, and was all the while conscious of and admitted the turpitude of her actions. He placed her in an hospital, considering her insane, and, after apparent restoration and a long trial, he again took her into his services.
Pagina 291 - CAUSES of this affection are cold and moisture applied to the body ; intoxication, irregularities, and excesses consequent upon inebriety ; violent exercise in the sun ; lying down in the open air during the heat of the day , exposure to the cold chilling dews of the night, or sleeping when thus exposed ; suddenly obstructed perspiration, by currents of air ; long fasting, and whatever exhausts the energies of life...