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A Contribution to the Study of Diseases of the Circulatory System in the Insane. (The Essay to which the £10 10s. prize of the Association was awarded)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

T. Duncan Greenlees
T. Duncan Greenlees*
Affiliation:
Cumberland and Westmorland Asylum, Garlands, Carlisle
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It has long been recognised that a sympathetic connection exists between the body and the mind; irritability of temper from a sluggish action of the liver, and the hopeful view phthisical patients frequently take of their ultimate recovery (the “spes phthisica” of some authors), are familiar examples of the influence of abnormal conditions of the body upon the mind.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 31 , Issue 135 , October 1885 , pp. 327 - 355
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1885 

References

* “Treatise on Insanity,” 1838, page 82.Google Scholar

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