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Insanity in ancient and modern life : with chapters on its prevention / Daniel Hack Tuke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tuke, Daniel Hack, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Insanity (Law).
- Mental illness.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London : MacMillan Co, 1878.
- Summary:
- "This chapter considers the prevalence and causes of insanity in antiquity; insanity in modern life; and the self-prevention of insanity. Of the various social evils which present themselves in our age, those connected with the genesis of insanity are, it must be admitted, deserving of the consideration of all who care for their race, and wish to lessen the sum of human misery. I trust that the facts contained in this volume will tend to stimulate all social reformers in their great, and often discouraging, labours, whether carried on among the working or the higher classes, so it be not done in a narrow fanatical spirit, in other words, not judgingly, but with judgment"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Worldcat, viewed June 3, 2023).
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