Insanity: Its Causes and Prevention

Increase of interest in the subject of insanity, resulting from, first, more intelligent views concerning its nature; and, second, the obligation to make provision for the care...

Indications which point to the probability of its increase in a greater ratio than that of the population: (1) in relation to the general conditions of society; (2) in occupatio...

Prevalence of disease among savage nations--Conditions of life not such as to produce insanity--Definitions of civilization-- Several conditions attending civilization combine t...

The _ideal_ human system--The _actual_ human system--Physical and mental differences among persons in health--Periods during which there exist considerable changes in the charac...

The higher conception of education--The ordinary course pursued in schools--Too many subjects studied at one time, and too large a number of scholars under the supervision of on...

Occupations of persons admitted to State asylums--Percentage of those having no education in industry, or regular occupation-- Importance of industrial education to the brain--D...

Examples of deficient moral education--It more especially pertains to the influence of home and relates to obedience-- Respect and obedience toward persons in authority essentia...

Its importance as a factor in causing physical and mental characteristics in families and nations--Illustrations-- Tendencies to morbid action, both mental and physical, may als...

Different views in relation to the influence of consanguinity-- The customs of the ancient Egyptians, Syrians, and others-- Experiments in the inter-breeding of cattle--Popular...

General considerations concerning its effects upon the nervous system--Its use at the present time as compared with that of the past--Society now reaping the effects of its use...

Opposite views as to its general effects upon individuals--The physiological effects upon the mucous membranes, the heart, and the nervous system--Nicotin--Its elimination from...

Relative frequency of the occurrence of insanity in the sexes-- The sexual system in the female exerts a larger influence upon the nervous system in certain ways than that of th...

Physical labor one of the largest promoters of health--Sudden increase of wealth often results most unfavorably--Too constant application to labor and household cares--A case il...

Influence of religious belief upon man--Not a cause of insanity--Religious belief natural to man--It is found in all nations--Man instinctively looks up to a Superior Power in h...

Conditions of the brain which are supposed to produce sleep-- Congested state of the blood-vessels--An anaemic state-- Suffering when a person is for any cause deprived of sleep...

The primary causes of few diseases are fully understood-- Prevention of insanity must come mainly from education received at home and in the school--Difficulties in the way of s...

The subject of insanity, in its relation to both individuals and society, is becoming of greater importance every year. A larger measure of interest in relation to it has been m...

If the general tendency of movement in relation to the public interest in the care and management of the insane during the last twenty-five years, has been such as I have intima...

Information in reference to the character of the diseases which formerly existed among the aborigines of North America, or among uncivilized peoples of other countries, in the p...

The ideal human system would be one of perfection, that is, it would be one so constituted as to discharge all its functions perfectly. Yet, its capacities would be limited as t...

The highest conception of an education would include the idea of its being symmetrical; that is, that the psychical and physical should be trained together and in harmony; that...

The first is that of the Conn. Hospital for the Insane at Middletown. By reference to the table of occupations of persons admitted last year it appears that more than thirty-fou...

A few words in reference to deficiency of education in another direction, and bearing especially on the future of the mental health of children, will conclude what I have to say...

It may be remarked, in a general way, that the subject of heredity is one of profoundest significance in its relation to society. Through its influences the peculiarities and ch...

Something relating to the subject of consanguineous marriages, which are not uncommon in some communities, may properly be added here, as bearing on this subject, and as in some...

Of the several individual factors, which are especially potent, as tending to develop and perpetuate the Insane Diathesis, there are none which can be regarded as more influenti...

As this substance is so generally used and so often referred to in connection with alcohol as to its effects upon the human system, it appears proper to allude to its physiologi...

The relative frequency of insanity in the sexes varies somewhat in different countries and under the differing conditions of civilization. There can be no doubt that under circu...

Physical labor is one of the greatest promoters of both physical and mental health, and its necessity should therefore be regarded as a blessing rather than a curse for the vast...

Two facts relating to the history of religious belief stand out with clearness and prominence in the past. The first is, that man's belief in his relation toward and responsibil...

We learn the most important lessons from observing the facts and studying the operations of nature, and it is largely by such a course that we may hope to learn the true method...

It has been my aim to conduct the preceding discussion in so plain and direct a manner, that its lessons of instruction and warning, if it has any, shall be readily appreciated...