A treatise on mental derangement : containing the substance of the Gulstonian lectures for May, 1822 / by Francis Willis.

  • Willis, Francis, 1718-1807.
Date:
1823
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Credit: A treatise on mental derangement : containing the substance of the Gulstonian lectures for May, 1822 / by Francis Willis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Whilst I am treating upon the pro- bable termination of the High state of mental derangement, I cannot select, I conceive, a more appropriate occasion for correcting a misunderstanding of the author* of Observations on Madness and Melancholy, respecting the general answers given by my late grandfather], before the Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to enquire into an exalted case of this description. J Anxious, however, as I am to take this opportunity of bringing the subject be- fore my readers, I should certainly have abstained from it, if the name and expe- * Observations on Madness and Melancholy, by J. Haslam, 1809. p. 251. f Francis Willis, M. D. X Vide Report of the Examination of the Phy- sicians, dated Dec. 1788.