Body and Mind: An Inquiry Into Their Connection and Mutual Influence to Mental Disorders : Being the Gulstonian Lectures for 1870 Delivered Before the Royal College of PhysiciansD. Appleton, 1872 - 155 Seiten |
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... idiotic centre , in- capable of being taught its functions . In every nerve - cell there is memory , and not only so , but there is memory in every organic element of the body . The virus of small - pox or of syphilis makes its mark on ...
... idiotic centre , in- capable of being taught its functions . In every nerve - cell there is memory , and not only so , but there is memory in every organic element of the body . The virus of small - pox or of syphilis makes its mark on ...
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... idiocy , or insanity ? What is the scientific mean- ing of them ? We may take it to be beyond question that they are not accidents ; that they come to pass , as every other event in Nature does , by natural law . They are mys- terious ...
... idiocy , or insanity ? What is the scientific mean- ing of them ? We may take it to be beyond question that they are not accidents ; that they come to pass , as every other event in Nature does , by natural law . They are mys- terious ...
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... the congenital idiot to the common level of hu- man intelligence ? What teaching could ever keep the in- spired mind of the man of genius at that level ? The congenital idiot is deprived of his human birthright ; IDIOCY . 43.
... the congenital idiot to the common level of hu- man intelligence ? What teaching could ever keep the in- spired mind of the man of genius at that level ? The congenital idiot is deprived of his human birthright ; IDIOCY . 43.
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... idiocy in the child . I think , too , that there is no reasonable question of the ill effects of marriages of consanguinity : that their tendency is to pro- duce degeneracy of the race , and idiocy as the extremest form of such ...
... idiocy in the child . I think , too , that there is no reasonable question of the ill effects of marriages of consanguinity : that their tendency is to pro- duce degeneracy of the race , and idiocy as the extremest form of such ...
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... idiocy ; the summary of which may fitly illustrate the natural course of degeneracy when it goes on through generations . First generation : Immorality , depravity , alcoholic ex- cess and moral degradation , in the great - grandfather ...
... idiocy ; the summary of which may fitly illustrate the natural course of degeneracy when it goes on through generations . First generation : Immorality , depravity , alcoholic ex- cess and moral degradation , in the great - grandfather ...
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activity animal APPLETON & CO.'S asylum atheism attacks AUSTIN FLINT bodily body brain cause cell cerebral hemispheres character chemical affinity chemical compound chemical force colloidal complex consciousness convolutions convulsions definite delusions disease disorder display effects elements energy epilepsy epileptic evolution excited exhibit existence external fact feeling heat Heir of Redclyffe HENRY MAUDSLEY higher highest human ideas idiocy idiot individual inorganic inquiry insane neurosis instinct intelligence kind knowledge laws lecture less living matter mania manifest melancholia ment mental derangement mental functions mind molecular molecules moral morbid motor centres movements muscles muscular Nature nerve nerve-cell nerve-centres nervous system neuralgia neurine observation occur organic matter patient phenomena philosophy phthisis physical physiological Price produced reflex action relations scientific sensation senses sensory sometimes spinal cord structure supreme centres symptoms takes place things thought tion tissue true ture uncon vague vital action vital force volition
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 95 - On earth there is nothing great but man, In man there is nothing great but mind.
Seite 112 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Seite 125 - But it is manifest that Plato in his opinion of Ideas, as one that had a wit of elevation situate as upon a cliff, did descry that forms were the true object of knowledge ; but lost the real fruit of his opinion, by considering of forms as absolutely abstracted from matter, and not confined and determined by matter ; and so turning his opinion upon Theology, wherewith all his natural philosophy is infected.
Seite 120 - We carry with us the wonders we seek without us: there is all Africa and her prodigies in us; we are that bold and adventurous piece of Nature, which he that studies wisely learns in a compendium what others labour at in a divided piece and endless volume.
Seite 94 - As physicians, we cannot afford to lose sight of the physical aspects of mental states, if we would truly comprehend the nature of mental disease, and learn to treat it with success. The metaphysician may, for the purposes of speculation, separate mind from body, and evoke...
Seite 134 - The colloidal is, in fact, a dynamical state of matter, the crystalloidal being the statical condition. The colloid possesses Energia. It may be looked upon as the probable primary source of the force appearing in the phenomena of vitality.