Handbook of insanity for practitioners and students . their faults fromothers. A very characteristic feature during the excitement isthe mimic facial expression and the general bearing, whichacquire a stereotyped appearance in the course of a matter of course, the expression is not constant butchanges frequently. But the repetition of the same rangeof feelings is exhibited in every fresh attack by the samegestures, speech, and expression. Occasionally there is atemporary tearful affect, more rarely a true melancholicdepression of brief duration. The attack almost always subsides slowly
Handbook of insanity for practitioners and students . their faults fromothers. A very characteristic feature during the excitement isthe mimic facial expression and the general bearing, whichacquire a stereotyped appearance in the course of a matter of course, the expression is not constant butchanges frequently. But the repetition of the same rangeof feelings is exhibited in every fresh attack by the samegestures, speech, and expression. Occasionally there is atemporary tearful affect, more rarely a true melancholicdepression of brief duration. The attack almost always subsides slowly. Opinionsdiffer as to whether the circle begins with melancholia ormania. The majority are agreed that melancholia opensthe scene, so that we are perhaps justified in assumingthat the melancholic stage has been overlooked in the othermild cases. It has often been maintained that circular insanity isalways unattended with hallucinations, but this is notalways true. Perhaps they appear only in the severest. HANDBOOK OF INSANITY. KIRCHHOFF. Plate
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