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Notes of a Case—Mania followed by Hyperesthesia and Osteomalacia, Singular family tendency to excessive constipation and self-mutilation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

James C. Howden
James C. Howden*
Affiliation:
Montrose Royal Asylum.†
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J. C., a mason's wife, æt. 26. First admitted to the Montrose Asylum 6th March, 1855, labouring under acute mania. No special cause alleged, except a feeble constitution inherited from a mother mentally and physically weak. Had been ill for some days before admission. Imagined that God ordered her to mutilate herself. Attempted to pull out her tongue, and on being restrained, she pushed it out of her mouth, and suddenly clenching her teeth, bit a large portion off.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 28 , Issue 121 , April 1882 , pp. 49 - 56
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1882 

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* This paper was read at a Quarterly Meeting of the Medico-Psychological Association, in London. For discussion upon it, see “Journal of Mental Science,” vol. xxvi, p. 126. Shortly afterwards Dr. Chapin, of the Willard Asylum, N.Y., read a paper before the American Association on “Experts and Expert Testimony,” which led to an interesting debate.Google Scholar
† Read at the Edinburgh Quarterly Meeting of the Medico-Psychological Association, November, 1881.Google Scholar
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