Practical observations on insanity : in which some suggestions are offered towards an improved mode of treating diseases of the mind, and some rules proposed which it is hoped may lead to a more humane and successful method of cure ; to which are subjoined remarks on medical jurisprudence as connected with diseased intellect / by Joseph Mason Cox, M.D. ; from the second corrected and enlarged London edition.

  • Cox, Joseph Mason, 1762-1822.
Date:
1811
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    yet he would not yield to my wishes till it was employed; once he seemed impressed with the idea of its proving fatal, and previous to his being placed in the chair, as if going to be led to execution, he exclaimed in the most pitiable accents, hear the last words, dying speech, and confession of , &c. I could detail other cases where considerable relief was pro- cured by swinging, in a few instances the pa- tients resisted its action entirely, in others no advantage accrued, though the usual effects were produced, but not a single instance do I recollect of any permanent unpleasant conse- quence resulting from its employment. The effects of the rotatory motion, on diffe- rent subjects, frequently vary according to the position and other circumstances. CASE XXL Miss , aged 18, sanguineous tem- perament, subject to catarrh and slight pulmo- nary affections from the most trifling causes; such as reading a damp newspaper, touching linen before it was ironed, and the momentary partial application of cold air; hectic emaciated