. Who is insane? . the child the firstevidences of an abnormal development of anygiven class of nerve-cells, and would quietly, butpromptly, adopt proper measures to secure theirrepression. The instructor could not fail to dis-cover and appreciate the most subtle mental pe-culiarities of his pupils, and, with the abundantmeans at his command, he could effectuallycounteract their incipient tendencies. And,finally, each person could intelligently interpretthe true significance of any and every passion,propensity, habit, thought, emotion which in-fluenced or controlled his acts. XII The Susceptib
. Who is insane? . the child the firstevidences of an abnormal development of anygiven class of nerve-cells, and would quietly, butpromptly, adopt proper measures to secure theirrepression. The instructor could not fail to dis-cover and appreciate the most subtle mental pe-culiarities of his pupils, and, with the abundantmeans at his command, he could effectuallycounteract their incipient tendencies. And,finally, each person could intelligently interpretthe true significance of any and every passion,propensity, habit, thought, emotion which in-fluenced or controlled his acts. XII The Susceptibility of the Insane to Curative Measures XII The Susceptibility of the Insane to Curative Measures HILE the extreme sensitivenessof the brain-cell to impressions,both from external objectsthrough the medium of the fivesense-centres, and from dele-terious substances circulatingin the blood (auto-intoxica-tion), tend powerfully to cause deranged men-tal action, the same condition is fortunately very favorable to its. Brain-cell SensitivenessFavorable to Cure recovery. We areoften surprised at theslight and unimpor-tant circumstance or occurrence that so dis-turbed the equilibrium of the brain as torequire the commitment of a person to anasylum, and, quite as frequently, we are not lesssurprised at the simple and unimportant inci-dents which often change the mental operationsof the insane and restore their sanity, or so farrelieve them of any disturbing or dangerous 153 154 WHO IS INSANE? tendencies that they may no longer require cus-todial care. The following cases came underobservation: THIS incident occurred in the life of a dis-tinguished public man and famous orator,who became melancholy owing to an incidentreflecting upon his character. He finally refusedfood, was wakeful and restless, and began towander from home. Commitment to an asylumfollowed. On entering he was greatly emaciated, talked incoherently aboutCured by a Bowl the conspiracy formed to of Hot Soup ruin him, sl
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