The Physiology and Pathology of MindMacmillan, 1868 - 526 pages |
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... symptoms , and course of general te and chropic , Causes of acute dem ; three groups of cases according to t Gewral Paralysis -- its causes , syID cational insanity . ia , and examples . degree of mental ins , and course , ification of ...
... symptoms , and course of general te and chropic , Causes of acute dem ; three groups of cases according to t Gewral Paralysis -- its causes , syID cational insanity . ia , and examples . degree of mental ins , and course , ification of ...
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... symptoms , and extreme incoherence of them when they occur in such cases . ( 2 ) Morbid appearances in the Brain and Membranes -in acute insanity ; in chronic in- sanity ; in general paralysis ; in syphilitic dementia . Weight and ...
... symptoms , and extreme incoherence of them when they occur in such cases . ( 2 ) Morbid appearances in the Brain and Membranes -in acute insanity ; in chronic in- sanity ; in general paralysis ; in syphilitic dementia . Weight and ...
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... symptoms is a loss of co - ordinating power over the motions of the legs - a loss , in other words , of that which is the last organized faculty of the spinal centres . The startings of the limbs , and the partial contractions of ...
... symptoms is a loss of co - ordinating power over the motions of the legs - a loss , in other words , of that which is the last organized faculty of the spinal centres . The startings of the limbs , and the partial contractions of ...
Page 90
... symptoms of disorder of nerve element which accom- pany anæmia may certainly be produced also by congestion , or hyperæmia . However , this matter will be more properly and more fully considered when we come to the pathology of nerve ...
... symptoms of disorder of nerve element which accom- pany anæmia may certainly be produced also by congestion , or hyperæmia . However , this matter will be more properly and more fully considered when we come to the pathology of nerve ...
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... During the operation the patient was furious , but every symptom of violence vanished when the offending cause was removed . organic stimuli do force themselves into consciousness , as happens IV . ] 119 SENSORY GANGLIA , ETC.
... During the operation the patient was furious , but every symptom of violence vanished when the offending cause was removed . organic stimuli do force themselves into consciousness , as happens IV . ] 119 SENSORY GANGLIA , ETC.
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activity acute afferent nerve animal appear asylum attack become blood bodily body brain cause cerebral cerebral hemispheres certainly character chronic co-ordinate complete condition connective tissue connexion consciousness constitution convolutions convulsions definite degeneration delirium delusion dementia derangement disease disorder effect emotion energy epilepsy epileptic excitement exhibited existence external fact faculties favourable Fcap feeling form of insanity function ganglionic cells give rise hallucinations hemispheres hereditary hypochondria idea ideational impressions impulse incoherence increase individual insanity irritation kind less madness mania manifest melancholia melancholic ment mental mind monomania moral morbid action motor intuition movements muscles muscular nature necessary nerve element nerve-cell nervous centres nervous system nutrition observation occur pain paralysis particular passion patient person phenomena phthisis pia mater produced reaction reason recognised recovery reflex action relations residua result sensation sense sensory sometimes spinal cord stimulus strychnia suffering symptoms syphilis syphiloma take place thought tion unconscious volition
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