| Description Of Item | Extracts by Richard Poole. A note from Poole indicates that he had intended to use this material for one of his reports. Includes his notes on the following: Dr Abercrombie on the intellectual powers; observations regarding Dr Abercrombie's views of insanity; insanity viewed philosophically; responsibility of mono-maniacs; observations on the responsibility of the insane; testimonies respecting moral insanity; Dr Mayo on nerves; case of George Alison; a case of insanity arising from fear; tabular view of the nervous centres according to Dr Carpenter; Dr Sigmond on some hallucinations; Dr Sealy on a malady of the nervous system occurring in Sicily; affect of carbon on lunacy; Mrs Trollope on physical influence of height on the nervous system; religion and mental disorder; trials where insanity was pleaded; Spanish asylums; [William Pulteney] Alison on evidence in infanticide; religious services among the insane; extract from McCulloch's Statistical Account of the British Empire volume 2; Dr Holland on the affect of the Scirocco; Dr Johnson on asylums in New South Wales; an Account of Philip Pinel in the Medical Times of 19th July 1845; General View of Insanity by Scipio Pinel; and Goethe on the treatment of insanity. |