The results of a long and diligently pursued investigation of the disorder termed mental derangement ... / by George Henry Cullis.

  • Cullis, George Henry.
Date:
1885
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    alighted first, and stated, that “ Hester was then in her 20th year, and had of late become much more dangerously delirious; she had lost one daughter, at about the same age, and in a similar state.” Undertaking the case freely, the patient was carried into the house, and being securely held by her father, the previous observations of her dental condition, enabled me in three minutes time to remove the obstructions to the humours in the mouth—the then really existing cause of her delirium. Upon being released, and instructed to rinse the gums, she took the glass of water in her hand, and willingly obeyed—then after looking steadfastly at me, gave a start, and said— “ Oh! I beg your pardon for saying you were not the man I had been to, nor was this the house in which he lived; I know you now, and remember you very kindly called upon us at Gretton, and offered then to save me from severe afflictions; and now you have relieved me from them, it is impossible for us ever to recompense or even sufficiently thank you.” She turned to those that were then in the room, also thanking them for their kindness, and begging pardon for the trouble she had given them. She then walked calmly to the vehicle, which she easily mounted, smiling and evidently evincing her restoration to a perfectly sane state. July 22nd, 1864.—Being in Birmingham, called upon Dr. Theodore Boisregon, ‘ Duddeston Hall,’ where he had insane patients under his care. Narrated to him several cases, with the full particulars of Hester Greening’s; to which the doctor listened attentively; and then observed, “ the accounts you give of the cause of insania, the preventive system, and relieving the early stages of the disease, are perfectly new to me.” “Still,” he continued after a pause, “ they are by no means unreasonable ; and they bring to my recollection several circumstances, to which at the time I paid but little attention—amongst others, of two persons under my care, at different, but not far distant periods, who, after being for several months very troublesome, suddenly became quite recovered from their insane state; and the information obtained from each of them, was to the effect that during the night previous to the time of reporting it, a fluent escaped from the palate; and in a short time after ‘ that strange incident,’ the sensation of disturbances in the head subsided. “This,” said Dr. Boisregon, “is what they told me.”