The psychology of alcoholism / by George B. Cutten.

  • George Barton Cutten
Date:
1907
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Credit: The psychology of alcoholism / by George B. Cutten. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Atrophy of the optic nerve and its terminations— Change in the pupil—Eye catarrh—Amblyopia— Amaurosis— Methyl and ethyl alcohol affect differently —Nystagmus—Results of experiments—Ridge, Krae- pelin, and Reis—Effect on expert shooting—Disorders of sight in alcoholic insanity—Central disturbances— Psychic and sensorial blindness— The intellectual element in all sight—Lack of accommodation—Unity of mental processes and the effect of the other faculties —Hearing—Little local disorder—I]lusions—Direct effect— Meningitis and central disturbances—Experi- ments—Smell and taste—Perversions are dangerous symptoms-—Not very frequent—Results of experiment —Touch— Hyperzsthesia—General disorders— Re- sults of experiments—Muscular sense—General con- siderations— Experiments CHAPTERS VIN. MORALS. the alcoholic—Relation to physical conditions—Con- duct and the weather—Result of the deterioration of the different mental faculttes—Memory—Judgment— Emotions—“ Ought ” feeling—Sexual feelings— Will— Senses—Lying—Why the morals are so soon affected —The alcoholic as a criminal—Statistics and com- putations—Responsibility—Is the alcoholic responsible when drunk?—Conditions of responsibility—How far is the alcoholic responsible when approximately sober ? —Is he responsible for his present condition ?— Heredity—Nutrition of the foetus—Imbecility - and alcoholic parents — Hereditary alcoholism — Facts certain whatever our theories—Statistics—Atavism— Dr. Sollier on heredity and alcoholism— Degenerates among the offspring of alcoholics—Faulty citations— Predisposition checked— Mother’s influence more powerful than father’s—The alcoholic mother—In- fantile acquired alcoholism—Lactation—Responsibility further discussed—Effect of other diseases—Effect of struggle for existence—Sorrow—Sociability—A drunk- ard responsible to a certain extent—W. James on the drunkard . PAGE
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