Men Against Madness

Productinformatie

AGAINST MADNESS BY LOWELL S. SELLING M. D., PH. D. NEW YORK GREENBERG PUBLISHER COPYRIGHT, 1940 By CKEfiNBRG, PUBLISHER, INC PUNTED IN THE UNITEB STATES 01 AMERICA BY THE VAIL-BALLOU PRESS, INC., BINGHAUTON, V. Y. CONTENTS FOREWORD ix I. AT DAWNING i The earliest dawn-men of prehistoric time recognized madness and tried to treat it ... the great Greek physicians had a cure for it. II. MADNESS Is IN THE BRAIN 18 Leonardo and the artist-anatomists of the Renais sance try to probe the secrets of the disordered mind. III. OFF WITH THEIR CHAINS, ., 50 In the midst of the madness of Revolution is born the beginning of a humane attitude toward the madne s of men. IV. A WOMAN BEDEVILS THE POLITICIANS 91 The persistent determination of an American woman overcomes the indifference of legislatures toward the fight against madness. V. QUACK NUMBER ONE GALL ....... 121 A charlatan who claimed to read bumps on the skull nevertheless serves the cause of research VI. THE ORGANIC APPROACH 173 Research, gradually uncovering the working of nerves, glands, and brain begins to strip some of the mystery from madness, v CONTENTS VII. QUACK NUMBER Two MESMER Once again, a man whose theories and practise have been largely discredited, draws attention to how mans mind can be used to help him, Vni. MENTAL TREATMENT BEGINS 260 Hypnosis is developed as an aid in treating the mentally sick. IX. THE MODERN ERA BEGINS 287 Freud and the modern psychologists evolve new means of mental treatment. Insanity is curbed. INDEX 337 vi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece Pinel casting off the shackles of the insane Plate Facing I The earliest psychiatrist 2 II Trephined skulls 4 III The early anatomical professor held anintellectu ally and physically elevated position . . .18 IV Early anatomical diagram 23 V Leonardo da Vincis drawing of the skull . . 25 VI An X-ray showing the ventricles dark areas of the brain z6 VII Paracelsus at the age of twenty-one . . . .30 VIII One of the illustrations from Vesalius Fabrlca . 34 IX Apoplexy 40 X Early drawing of a reflex 42 XI The base of the brain 49 XII Modern photograph of the base of the brain . . 40 XIII Modern photograph of the front court of the Salpetriere 54 XIV Pincl as a young man j8 XV A modern photograph of the gate of the Bicetre 60 XVI Statue of Pinel in front of the gate-house of the SalpStriere 68 XVII Pinel in his later years 72 vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Facing Page XVIII Portrait of John Conolly 74 XIX Bedlam 7 XX Medical treatment in a mental hospital ... 84 XXI Dorothea Dix 9 XXII The Trenton State Hospital 104 XXIII One of Galls phrenological plates 122 XXIV A pigeon with the cerebrum removed. . . .142 XXV Marshall Hall 150 XXVI Claude Bernard 158 XXVTI Brown-Sequards syndrome 167 XXVIII Julius Wagner von Jauregg 208 XXIX A mesmeric seance 234 XXX Ambrose Auguste Liebeault 264 XXXI Caricature of Charcot 278 XXXII Hysterical paralysis 280 XXXIII Hypnotic demonstration 282 XXXIV The medical faculty at Paris 286 XXXV Types of insanity seen through I9th Century eyes 290 XXXVI Types of mental patients as seen in a modern occupational therapy ward 142 XXXVII Wilhelm Griesinger 292 XXXVIII Emil Kraepelin 208 XXXIX Siegmund Freud 3x6 XL Rug weaving in modern occupational therapy . 320 XLI Recreation for mental patients 310 m VUl FOREWORD No one should be surprised if, at the end of the next twenty five years, more than half of the mentally sickpersons admitted to our hospitals would be discharged as cured. This statement may seem unbelievable to those who still think tHat an insane persons death warrant is signed when he is admitted into a hospital for mental disorders that even if he lives, he will be abused and will nev, er regain his liberty...