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Alleged Increasing Prevalence of Insanity in Scotland: Supplement to the Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

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Part II.—Reviews
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 41 , Issue 174 , July 1895 , pp. 498 - 512
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1895 

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∗ As an instance of the tenacity with which, in spite of advancing knowledge, old and exploded beliefs still hold their ground, it may be mentioned that not very long ago a highly intelligent and educated professional gentleman, hailing from the Metropolis, remarked to the writer that it was his firm belief that all insanity was due to possession by devils, that suicide was the natural ending for it in the designs of Providence, and that in his opinion the impure ought not to be interfered with, but that the insane should be allowed to put an end to themselves and “go to their own place!” Difficult to believe, but nevertheless a fact.Google Scholar

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