Considerations on the moral management of insane persons.

  • John Haslam
Date:
1817
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Credit: Considerations on the moral management of insane persons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    by the same agents. That the fear of punish¬ ment or degradation which deters a rational being-, who exercises his reflection, from the O7 commission of a crime, would in due time and properly administered check the outrage¬ ous sallies of the lunatic. The fact is well established, that proper res¬ traint on the conduct of an insane person will curb his propensity to precipitate his thoughts into immediate action, although the derange¬ ment of his intellect still continues. It should be the endeavour of the practitioner in those cases where malevolence forms a prominent feature, to ascertain how much appears to be derived from actual disease, and what part should be attributed to evil passions associated, but not actually depending on the morbid af¬ fection : and this enquiry will be considerably facilitated by a consideration of the natural character, education, and pursuits of the pa-