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Excerpt from Elements of Psychological Medicine: An Introduction to the Practical Study of Insanity I have had great pleasure in complying with that request. I know that a very large proportion of medical students are but little impressed with the responsi bilities which, in after life, they may be called upon to assume with reference to patients afflicted with disorders of the mind; and I am sure that great numbers commence practice with absolutely no ac quaintance with this branch of medicine, and entirely devoid of those particular habits of thought which qualify for its successful practical study. Psychological Medicine, it is true, may be regarded as a Specialty in the practice of our profession. On this account, some may contend that it will be quite time enough to study the subject, when the necessity for more than a passing acquain tance with it Shall have become apparent. 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.

This book was primarily intended for the use of students of medicine, as an introduction to the study of insanity, to give them a general notion of the subject without going into much detail, and incidentally to be of use to them in examinations. It was not intended as an advanced book for those who make a special study of insanity.