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Vol. IX. July 1, 1862. No. 53.
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LVIIL—" THOUGH THIS BE MADNESS, YET THER...
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¦ » • Part II. We resurne our analysis o...
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The
THE
ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL .
PUBLISHED MONTHLY .
Vol. Ix. July 1, 1862. No. 53.
Vol . IX . July 1 , 1862 . No . 53 .
Lviil—" Though This Be Madness, Yet Ther...
LVIIL— " THOUGH THIS BE MADNESS , YET THERE'S METHOD IN IT . "
¦ » • Part Ii. We Resurne Our Analysis O...
¦ » Part II . We resurne our analysis of M . Trelat ' s most interesting work" La
Folie Lucide , " wishing- to present to English readers examp , les of all the chief forms of lucid insanity which he has noted in his long
medical career . Under the head of Dipsomanes _, or lunatics given to nts or
violent drinking , mention is made of a young man -who , previous to his entering the Bicetrehad been put under charge of " La
honne Sceur Rosalie , " because , his family found it impossible to hold . any communication with him . When M . Trelat saw this manhe
had lived for nearly twenty years in a perpetually recurring stat , of drunken mania ; yet in the intervals he was found to possess perfect
memory , and clearness both of speech and writing * . Pie was an astonishing example of the degree to which drunkenness maybe carried
without impairing the mind , and one unparalleled in degree in all M . Trelat ' s experience . It has happened that he has arrived at the
Bicetre at the termination of one of his fits ; an occasion of great triumph forM . D . He gets up earlyis well washed and brushed
and stands calmly at the foot of his bed , loo , king as fresh and composed , as if he led the most regular of lives . Modestly lowering his eyes ,
he awaits the physician , who , if he has never seen him before , is completely deceived . He drink ! Ah ! what a slander ! It is an
unfortunate error ; he has been mistaken for somebody else ; no doubt will be entertained when the doctor has witnessed his
sobriety and regular habits _; and at the end of a few days the hysician lets him out . Ifon the contraryhe is knownthen he
pours p forth penitence and , excuses , and accusations , against , the police . He asks to . be employed , and is sent to the office , where
he tion wins and favor so he by gets his let fine out writing and , again his exactitude takes to , insane and his drinking expedi - .
Of this ; man ' s brothers and sisters , , three have died before reaching old agerespectively of breaking a blood-vessel in the brain , of
, heart disease , and of epilepsy . Women are sometimes beset _Tby a similar mania when least
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1862, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071862/page/1/
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