Observations on the proximate cause of insanity / by James Sheppard, member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

  • Sheppard, James.
Date:
1844
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Credit: Observations on the proximate cause of insanity / by James Sheppard, member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    blood from the natural standard takes place in any, or in every case of mental derange- ment, I have at least adduced presumptive evidence that insanity may be more connected with the condition of the blood than has been heretofore considered. The principal points to which I seek to direct the attention ol the profession are— 1st. Is the mind capable of acting on the blood St) as to alter its constitution ? 2nd. Can any morbid conditions of the blood so act on the mind as to interfere with its perfect development 1 3rdlv. Can the blood in certain morbid conditions so interfere with the development of the mind as to cause insanity ?