Vicious circles in sociology and their treatment . l ostracism, inebriety bydyspepsia, insanitation by impaired health, in-efficiency by low wages. In all these cases the 2 IDlcioua Circles In Soclologi? consequences of the primary evil tend to keep itin check. When a Vicious Circle is present the ordinarysequence of events is abolished. The reactionswhich should be beneficent become maleficent andintensify the disorder. The vis medicatrix becomesthe vis devastatrix. The accompanying illustrations (Plates Oneand Two) may assist in the visualisation of theprocess.^ Segnitis irritant animos demi
Vicious circles in sociology and their treatment . l ostracism, inebriety bydyspepsia, insanitation by impaired health, in-efficiency by low wages. In all these cases the 2 IDlcioua Circles In Soclologi? consequences of the primary evil tend to keep itin check. When a Vicious Circle is present the ordinarysequence of events is abolished. The reactionswhich should be beneficent become maleficent andintensify the disorder. The vis medicatrix becomesthe vis devastatrix. The accompanying illustrations (Plates Oneand Two) may assist in the visualisation of theprocess.^ Segnitis irritant animos demissa per aiiremQuani quae sunt ociilis suhjecta fidelihus. ^ Although the expression Vicious Circle is too ancientto be discarded, vicious spiral would in somerespects be more accurate, and has been so used byB. S. Rowntree (Betting and Gambling, p. r20).The increment is then visualised by the spiral linein one or other of these diagrams. A Ai A2 A3 and B Bi Bj B3 represent the aggravation of theprimary and secondary factors in the morbid ^E^ (c: :;?] D3 -<^ B2 ^^-^^ .fy^ Bl ^-^^^ R ^^-^ ^^ ^ ^— \— ^^ A3A2A IA ZTbe BMace of the Circle in SocioIOQp 3 Fig I. POVERTY. ^
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