Practical Manual of Insanity

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Excerpt from Practical Manual of Insanity: For the Medical Student and General Practitionre IN beginning the discussion of any subject it is customary, first, to define it-that is, to lay down its limits and to state in concise terms its special and essential features as a definition. In some of the more recent treatises on insanity, however, this custom has apparently come to be recognized as more honored in the breach than in the Observance, as in them no attempt is made at a special preliminary definition. To give a perfectly satisfactory definition of insanity -one that gives in small compass all its salient features and omits no important details - is practically impos sible. In a most elaborate attempt at defining in sanity, Spitzka, who may be considered as most com petent, gives half a page to the definition alone, the necessary glosses and qualifications taking up over another page. This can hardly be called a brief or concise definition. The Shorter ones that have been Offered are all open to criticism in one respect or another. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.