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- Are Our Insane Retreats Inhuman? by Augustus Blauvelt
(Scribner's, 1879A)
- Comments from a former inmate.
- The Relations of Insanity to Modern Civilization
(Scribners, 1879A)
- Elements of civilization that contribute to a rise in the rate of insanity, including "the unequal distribution of the means of living."
- Curious Forms of Forgetfulness, by J. Mortimer Granville, MD
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1882)
- On some forms of amnesia.
- A Friendly Chat About the Memory
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1883)
- Brain Weariness and Brain Tonics
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1885)
- "I Remember, I Remember", by "Medicus"*
(Girl's Own Paper, 1886)
- Stammering and Stuttering
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1889)
- An excellent article written by a person who suffers from the condition, with good advice on how (and how not) to help stammerers and stutterers, particularly in childhood. [Though this is not considered a "mental health disorder," it is still treated today through psychological approaches, hence its placement in this category.]
- Memory, by H.C. Wood
(Century Magazine, 1890A)
- A treatise on unconscious memory and body memory in animals and man.
- A Study of Consciousness, by H.C. Wood
(Century Magazine, 1890B)
- Trances, somnambulism, and similar conditions.
- The Imitative Functions, and Their Place in Human Nature, by Josiah Royce
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- A look at issues of imitation, hynopsis, and psychology.
- Are Nervous Diseases Increasing? by Philip Coombs Knapp
(Century Magazine, 1896B)
- A Study of Mental Epidemics, by Boris Sidis
(Century Magazine, 1896B)
- The article focuses primarily on various forms of religious manias through history.
- The Influence of Religion on Insanity, by "The New Doctor"
(Girl's Own Paper, 1897)
- "...Religion which causes peace of the soul, likewise pacifies the mind, and renders it less liable to run into extremes, whereof the offspring is mental perversion."
- Religion and Medicine, by "The New Doctor"
(Girl's Own Paper, 1898)
- An attempt to reconcile the roles of pastor and physician, particular at the patient's deathbed.
- Mental Treatment of the Sick, and Higher Qualifications of Nurses, by S.F.A. Caulfeild
(Girl's Own Paper, 1900)
- Providing comfort and cheer to a patient's mind is vital to the healing of the body, says this author.
- Death-like Trances
(Good Words, 1902)
- *"Medicus" was the pen-name of Gordon Stables, M.D., R.N., health columnist for The Girl's Own Paper. Read the complete collection of Medicus Columns from 1881-1902 in chronological order.
- See also
- • Nerves & Nervous Disorders
- • Rest & Sleep for information on dreams and nightmares
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