Observations on the Deranged Manifestations of the Mind
Or Insanity (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Observations on the Deranged Manifestations of the Mind: Or Insanity<br><br>Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology, are most intimately connected with each other; and must be brought in harmony to complete the medical knowledge. But Pathology cannot be cultivated in the same way as anatomy and physiology. In the two latter branches, divisions may be established according to the structure and functions of similar organs, as of bones, muscles, blood-vessels, nerves - or of single and individual parts, as of the eye, teeth, liver, &c., whilst in Pathology it is to be observed that the same disease or morbid state may affect every system of the body. Here then we must be too often satisfied with mere nosological divisions, according to the deranged functions of the different parts, and we have no true and satisfactory pathogeny, that is, a doctrine of the nature of diseases, which ought to be founded on the whole of the human frame, and not on the disturbed functions or morbid appearances of single parts, which, being affected by the same disease, on account of their different structure and functions, must produce different symptoms.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.