A synopsis of medical jurisprudence : from the latest and best authorities forming the basis of lectures on the science / by Henry Howard.

  • Howard, Henry, 1792-1874.
Date:
1849
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Credit: A synopsis of medical jurisprudence : from the latest and best authorities forming the basis of lectures on the science / by Henry Howard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Insanity. Defective de- velopement of the faculties. Idiocy. Imbecility 1. Resulting from conge- nial defect. 2. Resulting from an ob- stacle to the develope- ment of the faculties su- pervening in infancy. Resultig from congeni- tal defect. Resulting from an ob- stacle to the develope- ment of the faculties su- pervening in infancy. Lesion of the faculties subsequent to their devel- opement. Mania. Dementia. Intellectual. Affective or moral. 1, General. 2. Partial. 1. General. -2. Partial. 1. Consecutive to mania or injuries of the brain. 2. Senile, peculiar to old age. Idiocy consists in a destitution more or less complete, of the reflective and moral faculties ; the grades are various, ascending from the character of the brute to that of the manifestation of some of the higher moral powers. The physical characters of congenital and incurable idiocy are very striking. Gall says the circumference of the head of the adult idiot, over the orbitar arch and most pro- minent part of the occiput, is from 13^ to \U inches. Containing a brain not larger than an infant at birth, or only i, |, or \ of the cerebral mass of the adult who is pos- sessed'of a full share of mental powers. The anterior su- perior part of the head is very diminutive, except in hy- drocephalic cases, when it is very large in consequence of the water within. The forehead is low, angular and re- treating. The features irregular: eyes unsteady and squinting, lips thick, mouth open and slavering, defective