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Insanity among the Natives of South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

T. Duncan Greenlees
T. Duncan Greenlees*
Affiliation:
Grahamstown Asylum, South Africa
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Perhaps one of the most difficult investigations possible is the study of the mental characteristics of savage and semi-savage races, and, before formulating any theories regarding their psychic history, it is necessary that a careful study should be made of their mode of life, their normal mental state, and such folk lore as is accessible to us.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 41 , Issue 172 , January 1895 , pp. 71 - 78
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1895 

References

∗ “Statistics of Insanity in South Africa,” “American Journal of Insanity,” April, 1894.Google Scholar

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