Study Of Heredity Of Insanity

Author : Gertrude L. Cannon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 22 pages
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Release : 2018-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0483333808

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Preliminary Report of a Study of Heredity in Insanity in the Light of the Mendelian Laws (Classic Reprint) by Gertrude L. Cannon Pdf

Excerpt from Preliminary Report of a Study of Heredity in Insanity in the Light of the Mendelian Laws Insane hospital statistics show plainly that heredity has much to do with the causation of certain forms Of nervous and mental disease. Yet we know but little Of the exact conditions under which such disease is transmitted from parent to Offspring. The Object Of the present research has been to accumulate and examine such data as may serve to throw some light upon this Obscure problem. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Florence Orr
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1378001915

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A Study of Heredity of Insanity in the Light of the Mendelian Theory; by Florence Orr Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Theodore M. Porter
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 462 pages
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Release : 2020-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691203232

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Genetics in the Madhouse by Theodore M. Porter Pdf

"In the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they pointed to heredity as the most important of these causes. As doctors and state officials steadily lost faith in the capacity of asylum care to stem the terrible increase of insanity, they began emphasizing the need to curb the reproduction of the insane. They became obsessed with identifying weak or tainted families and anticipating the outcomes of their marriages. Genetics in the Madhouse is the untold story of how the collection and sorting of hereditary data in mental hospitals, schools for 'feebleminded' children, and prisons gave rise to a new science of human heredity. In this compelling book, Theodore Porter draws on untapped archival evidence from across Europe and North America to bring to light the hidden history behind modern genetics. He looks at the institutional use of pedigree charts, censuses of mental illness, medical-social surveys, and other data techniques--innovative quantitative practices that were worked out in the madhouse long before the manipulation of DNA became possible in the lab. Porter argues that asylum doctors developed many of the ideologies and methods of what would come to be known as eugenics, and deepens our appreciation of the moral issues at stake in data work conducted on the border of subjectivity and science. A bold rethinking of asylum work, Genetics in the Madhouse shows how heredity was a human science as well as a medical and biological one"--Jacket.

Author : A. J. Rosanoff
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0332634868

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A Study of Heredity of Insanity in the Light of the Mendelian Theory (Classic Reprint) by A. J. Rosanoff Pdf

Excerpt from A Study of Heredity of Insanity in the Light of the Mendelian Theory Thus in clinical psychiatry progress has been marked by a simplification Of classification through a far-reaching extension of the conception of clinical equivalents. Some Of the data furnished by our material seem to indicate the necessity for a still further extension of this conception. It is interesting to note that what we learn in institutional experience to recognize as insanity is a comparatively uncommon group of manifestations Of the neuropathic constitution, for Of our total of 437 neuropathic subjects (not counting the 21 who died in convulsions in early childhood) only 115, or per cent, pre sented at any time in their lives indications for commitment to sanitariums or hospitals for the insane; moreover, it is Obvious, where the facts are known in detail, that in most cases in which such indications have occurred they were in the shape Of special reactions to special environmental conditions and it seems equally Obvious that our definition Of the various types of neuropathic constitution must be in terms not Of such special reactions, but rather of the more stable and more general underlying psychical traits and tendencies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : A. J. (Aaron Joshua) B. 1878 Rosanoff,Florence I. Orr
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1363485377

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STUDY OF HEREDITY OF INSANITY by A. J. (Aaron Joshua) B. 1878 Rosanoff,Florence I. Orr Pdf

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Author : Henry Andrews Cotton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0332189244

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Some Problems in the Study of Heredity in Mental Diseases (Classic Reprint) by Henry Andrews Cotton Pdf

Excerpt from Some Problems in the Study of Heredity in Mental Diseases We have been content until quite recently with the loose methods of investigating this important subject, and the fact that insanity occurred in the family in such and such a proportion of our patients was considered enough for our present knowledge. It is usual to see in statistics of insane hospitals a summary of the number of cases in which heredity was a factor, such heredity being merely insanity in the family. We have been aware that certain forms of insanity exhibited more heredity than others. But we have had no accurate knowledge of the nature and type of mental disease in ancestors and immediate families of our patients. We must all plead guilty to our lack of interest in this subject, and we must acknowledge our indebtedness to one outside of our work who has succeeded in arousing our interest and stimulating our endeavors in this field. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : David Heron
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1362366668

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1ST STUDY OF THE STATISTICS OF by David Heron Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Michael Arribas-Ayllon,Andrew Bartlett,Jamie Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 036766142X

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Psychiatric Genetics by Michael Arribas-Ayllon,Andrew Bartlett,Jamie Lewis Pdf

Psychiatric genetics has become 'Big Biology'. This may come as a surprising development to those familiar with its controversial history. From eugenic origins and contentious twin studies to a global network of laboratories employing high-throughput genetic and genomic technologies, biological research on psychiatric disorders has become an international, multidisciplinary assemblage of massive data resources. How did psychiatric genetics achieve this scale? How is it socially and epistemically organized? And how do scientists experience this politics of scale? Psychiatric Genetics: From Hereditary Madness to Big Biology develops a sociological approach of exploring the origins of psychiatric genetics by tracing several distinct styles of scientific reasoning that coalesced at the beginning of the twentieth century. These styles of reasoning reveal, among other things, a range of practices that maintain an extraordinary stability in the face of radical criticism, internal tensions and scientific disappointments. The book draws on a variety of methods and materials to explore these claims. Combining genealogical analysis of historical literature, rhetorical analysis of scientific review articles, interviews with scientists, ethnographic observations of laboratory practices and international conferences, this book offers a comprehensive and detailed exploration of both local and global changes in the field of psychiatric genetics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : Demography
ISBN : HARVARD:HC2E84

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Transactions of the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, Washington, September 23-28, 1912: Section IX: Demography by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1262 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Incunabula
ISBN : MINN:31951D02515227H

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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Incunabula
ISBN : UCAL:C2869821

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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army by Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Siddhartha Mukherjee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781476733531

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The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee Pdf

The #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller The basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate History Now includes an excerpt from Siddhartha Mukherjee’s new book Song of the Cell! From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick” (Elle). “Sid Mukherjee has the uncanny ability to bring together science, history, and the future in a way that is understandable and riveting, guiding us through both time and the mystery of life itself.” —Ken Burns “Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee dazzled readers with his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Emperor of All Maladies in 2010. That achievement was evidently just a warm-up for his virtuoso performance in The Gene: An Intimate History, in which he braids science, history, and memoir into an epic with all the range and biblical thunder of Paradise Lost” (The New York Times). In this biography Mukherjee brings to life the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates, and choices. “Mukherjee expresses abstract intellectual ideas through emotional stories…[and] swaddles his medical rigor with rhapsodic tenderness, surprising vulnerability, and occasional flashes of pure poetry” (The Washington Post). Throughout, the story of Mukherjee’s own family—with its tragic and bewildering history of mental illness—reminds us of the questions that hang over our ability to translate the science of genetics from the laboratory to the real world. In riveting and dramatic prose, he describes the centuries of research and experimentation—from Aristotle and Pythagoras to Mendel and Darwin, from Boveri and Morgan to Crick, Watson and Franklin, all the way through the revolutionary twenty-first century innovators who mapped the human genome. “A fascinating and often sobering history of how humans came to understand the roles of genes in making us who we are—and what our manipulation of those genes might mean for our future” (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel), The Gene is the revelatory and magisterial history of a scientific idea coming to life, the most crucial science of our time, intimately explained by a master. “The Gene is a book we all should read” (USA TODAY).

Author : Ian Dowbiggin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1991-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520909939

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Inheriting Madness by Ian Dowbiggin Pdf

Historically, one of the recurring arguments in psychiatry has been that heredity is the root cause of mental illness. In Inheriting Madness, Ian Dowbiggin traces the rise in popularity of hereditarianism in France during the second half of the nineteenth century to illuminate the nature and evolution of psychiatry during this period. In Dowbiggin's mind, this fondness for hereditarianism stemmed from the need to reconcile two counteracting factors. On the one hand, psychiatrists were attempting to expand their power and privileges by excluding other groups from the treatment of the mentally ill. On the other hand, medicine's failure to effectively diagnose, cure, and understand the causes of madness made it extremely difficult for psychiatrists to justify such an expansion. These two factors, Dowbiggin argues, shaped the way psychiatrists thought about insanity, encouraging them to adopt hereditarian ideas, such as the degeneracy theory, to explain why psychiatry had failed to meet expectations. Hereditarian theories, in turn, provided evidence of the need for psychiatrists to assume more authority, resources, and cultural influence. Inheriting Madness is a forceful reminder that psychiatric notions are deeply rooted in the social, political, and cultural history of the profession itself. At a time when genetic interpretations of mental disease are again in vogue, Dowbiggin demonstrates that these views are far from unprecedented, and that in fact they share remarkable similarities with earlier theories. A familiarity with the history of the psychiatric profession compels the author to ask whether or not public faith in it is warranted.

Author : New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1156 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Defective and delinquent classes
ISBN : NYPL:33433011466970

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Report of the State to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient by New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1350 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Biology
ISBN : NYPL:33433007813581

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The American Naturalist by Anonim Pdf