On the writing of the insane : with illustrations . to his wife, showing genuine remorse forhis bad habits, and was also full of good intentions^ which Ibelieve were carried out. The cases which the public cannot understand, and whichoften furnish sensational instances, are chiefly those in whichno obvious delusions exist. When a man can answer a fewsimple questions correctly, and talk of his being unjustlydetained in an Asylum, many people are apt to say that hehas no insanity about him, but all the while he may be sodeficient in will or self-control, or the energy that is neces-sary to direc
On the writing of the insane : with illustrations . to his wife, showing genuine remorse forhis bad habits, and was also full of good intentions^ which Ibelieve were carried out. The cases which the public cannot understand, and whichoften furnish sensational instances, are chiefly those in whichno obvious delusions exist. When a man can answer a fewsimple questions correctly, and talk of his being unjustlydetained in an Asylum, many people are apt to say that hehas no insanity about him, but all the while he may be sodeficient in will or self-control, or the energy that is neces-sary to direct the actions, that he is quite unfit to managehimself or hold his own in the world. I have for the lastthree years had under my care a case which illustrates thiswell. The patient is a young man who has been respectablybrought up, and had some little property. He had tried someoccupation, and was for a few weeks a clerk in a bank, butleft it. He then lived with an aunt, and had no consequence of some extravagancies of conduct he was. ,ov>u Pin. n
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