This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...gluttony that he not only forgot the names and persons of those to whom he wished to speak, but even of what he intended to say when attempting to engage in conversation.1 1 Andral's "Clinique." "Amnesia, or loss of memory, always indicates preceding disorders of the brain, especially of the anterior lobes, or very ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...gluttony that he not only forgot the names and persons of those to whom he wished to speak, but even of what he intended to say when attempting to engage in conversation.1 1 Andral's "Clinique." "Amnesia, or loss of memory, always indicates preceding disorders of the brain, especially of the anterior lobes, or very depressed powers. In acute disorders, it generally betokens a fatal termination, if not an instantaneous crisis; in chronic diseases, for the most part, itindicates incurability; or, when it occurs suddenly in epileptic and hysterical patients, an immediately approaching violent paroxysm. Partial amnesia (forgetfulness of some things) indicates a probably violent, but not always permanent, effect on the brain."--Feuchterdeben's "Medical Psychology," p. 194. A lady after a protracted labor suffered a severe attack of uterine hemorrhage, and her life for nearly a week was despaired of. The loss of blood that occurred reduced her to a condition of extreme vital prostration and mental depression. It was necessary for the nurse to feed and attend to her like a child. When she was able to articulate, her husband was astonished to find that her memory was paralyzed! She had forgotten where she was residing, who her husband was, how long she had been ill, the names of her children, and in fact, her own name was obliterated from her recollection. She was unable to call anything by its right appellation. In attempting to do so she made the most singular mistakes. She had been in the habit, previously to her illness, of talking in French instead of English (her husband being a native of France), but whilst in the state of mind described, she appeared to have lost all knowledge of French, for when her husband spoke to her in tha...
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