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OverviewGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1905 Original Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Co. Subjects: Law / Mental Health Medical / Psychiatry / General Psychology / Mental Illness Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III THE SYMPTOMS OF ALIENATION All forms of alienation are to be regarded as the results of bodily disease in which the disordered functions of the cerebral cortex afford the most prominent and characteristic of the symptoms. Although, as has already been said in the opening chapter, the clinical study of cases of insanity covers a very wide range and implies the application of the methods employed in clinical medicine and neurology, only the mental disturbances can be discussed within the present compass. The anomalies in the functions of the cerebral cortex may for convenience' sake be divided into various categories. From a physiological stand-point the student of mental processes has to consider the reception, retention, and elaboration of sensory stimuli and finally the discharge of the motor impulse. It is hardly necessary to again emphasize the fact that all the processes represent merely various gradations and not essential differences in quality or character. I. IMPAIRMENT OF THE HIGHER CORTICAL FUNCTIONS AS SHOWN IN DEFECTS OF JUDGMENT AND INTELLECT. FIXED OR INSANE IDEAS.' In the present section we shall not attempt to give a detailed exposition of the anomalies of judgment and intellect, but rather to indicate the manner in which they may be studied from a clinical stand-point. Faculties which represent the most complicated products of the cortical functions can neither be defined nor clearly described. What has been shown to hold true for the simp... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stewart PatonPublisher: General Books Imprint: General Books Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.644kg ISBN: 9781150474118ISBN 10: 1150474114 Pages: 442 Publication Date: 20 December 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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