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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    one of our most grateful and interesting pas- sions; but no one is so liable to vieissitudes and extremes, takes more complete possession of the human heart, or has been productive of such prodigious effects; while history, ancient and modern, furnishes the most convincing proofs of its having been a frequent source of diseased intellect. Disappointment, Jealousy, and particularly Seduction, as consequences of this passion are too often the cause of insanity of the most deplorable species. In men, disappointed love may induce this effect by driving its victim to various kinds of dissipation, such as intoxica- tion, excessive venereal gratifications, or soli- tary indulgences, which debilitating both body and mind, have a direct tendency to produce mental diseases. The corroding suspicion that constitutes the passion of jealousy is also a very common ori- gin of madness, and unhappily its subjectsare too frequently stimulated to the commission of the most atrocious crimes, the consciousness of which assists in the subversion of the rational faculties. The detestable crime of Seduction is ano-