Patterns of madness in the eighteenth century : a reader / edited by Allan Ingram.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ingram, Allan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--History--18th century--Sources.

Mental illness.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 285 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1998.

Contents:

1. The Life of the Reverend Mr. George Trosse (1714, c. 1660s) / George Trosse 11

2. The Anatomy of the Brain and the Description and Use of the Nerves (1681, first published 1667) / Thomas Willis 18

3. Lucida Intervalla: Containing divers Miscellaneous Poems (1679) / James Carkesse 22

4. A Narrative Of God's Gracious Dealings With that Choice Christian Mrs. Hannah Allen (1683) / Hannah Allen 29

5. A Discourse Concerning Trouble of Mind and the Disease of Melancholly (1691) / Timothy Rogers 36

6. The Signs and Causes of Melancholy (1716) / Richard Baxter 42

7. A Treatise of the Hypochondriack and Hysterick Diseases (1730, first published 1711) / Bernard Mandeville 49

8. Poems (1713) / Anne Finch 54

9. Select Cases, and Consultations, in Physick (1757, c. 1712) / John Woodward 63

10. The Juice of the Grape; or, Wine Preferable to Water (1724) / Peter Shaw 69

11. Some Observations on the Cure of Mad Persons by the Fall of Water (1725) / Patrick Blair 73

12. A New System of the Spleen, Vapours and Hypochondriack Melancholy (1729) / Nicholas Robinson 76

13. The English Malady (1733) / George Cheyne 83

14. The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured (1739) / Alexander Cruden 93

15. Primitive Physic (1747) / John Wesley 98

16. The Case of Henry Roberts, Esq; A Gentleman, who, by unparalleled Cruelty was deprived of his Estate, under the Pretence of Idiocy (1747) / Anonymous 101

17. Diaries and prayers (1752-77) / Samuel Johnson 107

18. A Treatise on Madness (1758) / William Battie 112

19. Remarks on Dr Battie's Treatise on Madness (1758) / John Monro 120

20. Letter to William Johnson Temple (1763) / James Boswell 123

21. The Hypochondriack (1780) / James Boswell 123

22. Jubilate Agno (1763) / Christopher Smart 129

23. Memoir of the Early Life of William Cowper, Esq. (1765) / William Cowper 137

24. Letter to Rev. John Newton (1790) / William Cowper 137

25. Hypochondriasis, A Practical Treatise (1766) / John Hill 146

26. Report of the Coroner's Inquest into the Death of John Brown (1766) / John Brown 152

27. One More Proof Of The Iniquitous Abuse Of Private Madhouses (1774) / Samuel Bruckshaw 156

28. Observations on the Nature, Kinds, Causes, and Prevention of Insanity (1806, first published 1782-86) / Thomas Arnold 164

29. A Treatise on the Real Cause and Cure of Insanity (1789) / Andrew Harper 175

30. Observations on Maniacal Disorders (1792) / William Pargeter 179

31. Address to Humanity (1796) / William Belcher 187

32. Intellectual Electricity (1798) / William Belcher 187

33. Observations on Insanity (1798) / John Haslam 193

34. Illustrations of Madness: Exhibiting A Singular Case of Insanity (1810) / John Haslam 193

35. The Strange Effects of Faith (1801) / Joanna Southcott 208

36. The Strange Effects of Faith. Second Part (1801) / Joanna Southcott 208

37. Letter to Thomas Butts (1802) / William Blake 216

38. Letter to Tom Wedgwood (1803) / Samuel Taylor Coleridge 220

39. Letter to Joseph Cottle (1814) / Samuel Taylor Coleridge 220

40. Letter to John J. Morgan (1814) / Samuel Taylor Coleridge 220

41. Practical Observations on Insanity (1813, first published 1804) / Joseph Mason Cox 225

42. Practical Remarks on Insanity (1811) / Bryan Crowther 230

43. Description Of The Retreat, An Institution Near York For Insane Persons Of The Society Of Friends (1813) / Samuel Tuke 235

44. Report From The Committee On Madhouses In England, First Report. Minutes Of Evidence Taken before The Select Committee (1815) 246

45. The Interior Of Bethlem Hospital (1818) / Urbane Metcalf 256.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-273) and index.

ISBN:

0853239924

0853239827

OCLC:

42308308