Clinical cases illustrative of moral imbecility and insanity / by Stanley Haynes.

  • Haynes, Stanley.
Date:
1868
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    was exceedingly imperfect, because she would never learn anything. Although I^had been more kindly treated than any other of the family, she had always Smplained of not being sUciently well treated, S^-^Xtl^d lent and destructive, and had threatened to injure her mother and sisters ™ Skl weapons With the exception of some hysterical fits shortly before her ad- mfssSriier bodily health had been in every respect good. She was of short stature, rather stout, of the bilio-lymphatic temperament ^g^.^ehaved For the first three months she appeared quite sane, being 1^,^^* both by day and night, m^ustri^^^^^^^^^ ^ any rf hSed to he7relativ« = M times eHe «f which time she had a quarrel and at bed ^^^f P°^^^^y„^^^^^ behaved so bestowed a well-directed shower of blows on t^^^^t^^^^^^^^-^^^^^t^ide th^^^^ and sullen, obstinate and quarrelsome, required to be tea lor ne^ was very destructive to her clothmg and violen^^^^^^^ then committed acts of violence: ^om this ?^tte<^^„„\^3^i„»X^ ^as passionate was restored to her former quiet f ^^.^ws and tore ^4^^^ and obstinate, cursed and swore, broke ^^^'^o^^'^^'^^^^t^^ks After a time she im- ciothes.-a very little sufficed to ^^^J^^^^ turns proved and continued, for her, pretty (with the ^^^^Q^ ^^^g t^t short, U obstinacy and ill-nature) for 7^^^^;^^^ continn^^^^^ every In the intervals she is very well-behaved and industrious. • . n ,,1 At the end of ten years this patient re-ains without any m eUectu^^^ disorder, if her natural weakmindedness be excepted. ^^I f^^'^ P^ orp^reVoral congenital itnbedh^^^^^^^ and sentiments are perverted, ihe patient ^^^^ y^jy,, , ^ - ' and does not seem at all desirous of ^™ff i^^^ted^^a^^^^^ very easily transformed from a qmet, we l-behajed /^^i^f.; ,