A practical manual of mental medicine / by E. Régis ; with a preface by M. Benjamin Ball ; authorised translation by H.M. Bannister.
- Date:
- 1895
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A practical manual of mental medicine / by E. Régis ; with a preface by M. Benjamin Ball ; authorised translation by H.M. Bannister. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![PRIMITIVE EPOCH. referred to celestial intervention, and iiit^anity itself was considered by tbein as the possession of the in- dividual by a benevolent or avenging divinity. It was thus with the Jews, as is evidenced by the episodes of the maniacal behavior of king Said and the attack of lycantliropy of Nebuchadnezzar. We find analogous beliefs and practices among the Egyptians.* There is in the Hibliotbeque of Paris, an Egyptian stUe dating from the third century B.C., the inscription on which gives the account of an Asiatic princess possessed by a spirit, who was cured by the intercession of the god Khons. We know also that there existed in Egypt temples dedicated to Saturn where they purified the insane Avith the ];)urpose of restoring them. In ancient Greece the condition was the same, and the names 6aLiiovu)XT]nTOi, dEoXrjnToi., ivepyoviiei'oi, demoniacs, jwsscsfied of the f/ods, exergtmieiies, which were given to those deprived of reason, show l)lainly enough to what origin was attributed their insanity. Everyone is acquainted with the history of the *T\\v, restricted size of this book forbids us from citing on cacii ))agc all the authors, Frencli and foreign, to whcun wo are indfbtcd for ich'as or expressions, and wc can only refer, for the bibliograpliy of cacii ciiapter, to special treat- ises and articles in the Dictionnaire.s. We cannot refrain, however, from saying how much we have been aided in the preparation of this history, by the pnldication of the works of Trelat, Lasegiu'and Morel, Marco, Bull, and especially the excellent work of Semelaigne.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21963009_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
