. Who is insane? . 9 y. How We Become Insane 71 PART TWO Critical Periods of Life PredisposingTO Insanity VI. Childhood 95 VII. Adolescence 107 yill. Mid-Life 119 IX. Climacter 127 X. Old Age 137 CONTENTS—Continued Chapter Page XL The Prevention of Insanity 147 XII. The Susceptibility of the Insane to Curative Measures 153 PART THREE Care and Treatment of the Insane XIII. Mechanical Restraint 171 XIV. Custodial Care 177 XV. Curative Treatment 183 XVI. Cure the Curable 193 XVII. Use the Usable 199 XVIII. Voices from the Asylums 209 XIX. State Care of the Insane 219 CONTENTS—Continued PART FOUR
. Who is insane? . 9 y. How We Become Insane 71 PART TWO Critical Periods of Life PredisposingTO Insanity VI. Childhood 95 VII. Adolescence 107 yill. Mid-Life 119 IX. Climacter 127 X. Old Age 137 CONTENTS—Continued Chapter Page XL The Prevention of Insanity 147 XII. The Susceptibility of the Insane to Curative Measures 153 PART THREE Care and Treatment of the Insane XIII. Mechanical Restraint 171 XIV. Custodial Care 177 XV. Curative Treatment 183 XVI. Cure the Curable 193 XVII. Use the Usable 199 XVIII. Voices from the Asylums 209 XIX. State Care of the Insane 219 CONTENTS—Continued PART FOUR The Lesson Applied to the Feeble-MindedAND Criminal Chapter Page XX. Extend Curative Methods to all the Dependent Classes 233 XXL Teach the Idiot and Feeble-Minded Self-Care and Self-Support 239 XXIL The Treatment of the 249 PART FIVE A New Institution—The Dawn of aBetter Day XXIIL A New Institution 271 XXIV. Eugenics 283 PART ONEWho Is Insane and What Is Insanity? I Who Is Insane? Who Is Insane?. HO is insane? No one, or everyone, according to the personsquestioned. No one in an asy-lum will admit that he or she isinsane. Each in turn would re-sent such an insinuation. Cer-tainly no one out of an asylumwill assent to the charge of being insane. Andyet the sane and insane readily rec-No One or ognize the insanity of others. AnEvery One intelligent old lady, once the headof a Ladies Seminary, wished to bedischarged from an asylum alleging that all thepatients in the Hall believed her women were privately asked theiropinion as to her sanity, and all declaredshe was very insane, while asserting their ownsanity. When informed of the result of the test,the old lady accurately described the special pe-culiarities of each of her accusers, but could notrealize her own condition. So it is in every community. The private gos- 17 18 WHO IS INSANE? sip is much concerned about those who arecalled strange, peculiar, deranged, un-balanced, light-headed, a-little-
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