Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-24
Insanity.

10 the eultOT OF me -Ate.CHHuTHi UCSzet{e
Twenty seven years ago | Was O member If
the Ben Franklin Debating Association Of tbi,
city, and among tho many questions that arcs,
for discussion was one relating to the miud, anc
not feeling satisfied with the correctness Of tic
conclusions reached by either of the poIen:c,,
[ began my search for the true source of reason,
and eighteen years ELAPSED before | discover;
how thought was created, aud as so macy G:
our citizns are becoming deranged, beg tie
liberty to call the attention Of cur mcu q
science to the fact That the last act of the Clca
tor in making raan was to breathe into his nrs
trs the breath of life. This he did not d,
without having left vcstbulcs ia the pate :cr
its reception, and as my education is too limited
to bring out my subject with the force that !
could bring it out we're possessed OF classical
attainment, | state that if they will give the
subject searching canvass they will lied thai
each chronological bump represents in greater
or less extent al internal cavity existing be
tween the brain and skull, which cavities. is
the action OF the brain, copscculivcly opened
and closed like the consecutive opening aud
closing of So many neatly adjusted valves of
we'll constructed engine second, that tue hu
man mind is divided into two great divisions
and consists of plumber of elcctrlcities, each t
which arc antag0nistlc to those 10 the opposite
division, and as two or more OF these tiuiis are
brought 10 contact, thought is Immediately en-
ated, and observation-disclosures the result OF any
obstruction which prevents two Or mGrc G.
| these ccctrciics from meeting in hostility
with each other. Describing tn" mnd in lny
own plain way, i'll its construction IL is Ike
| great armies with their picket GneS eEt"od,4
all around the fields occupied Dy theE, and thcE
respective scouting rartl3s continually harrasF
| ing the opposite side, natural Insanity results
from partia! loss Of those fluids iiiocy troll
| two great causes ISL an Imprisonment 0! IL"
fluids constituting the MINI by an over proper;
ton of braus to the skull, aud p. All lnu!il
cheney Of brains to c0DSecutlvtiy open and ci1sc
| those ante chambers created for the occupancy
| of the mind, and thereby permitting the %hOr
| to Unfortunately commiuglc together, aud
| destroy, or measurably destroy arrangement u
| thought, while tho interlorlty OF some mincs
| when compared with others finds IT'S origin III
| the incorporation Of interior natalie sItstanc,s
With the vigln fluids. Without cause n result
| cannot exist consequently there has existed q
cause for every result that has trausp!Tcd, .0l
While there are doubtless cases Of naarl! in.
sanity that have been produced from causes i@r
which other parties ere not responsible, tie
great majority OF all the cases that have h:';&
our asylums arc the result Of fault lind!na; lk.:
is as true as if printed in Holy Writ So lo":
rs kindness Strengthens hope hoHH ike thr
sucker OF self acting pump, will C02tiousi'F
| lift The huids that compose the mlGu ard cco
fine them to the natural spheres, anG while
soEo minds may not be so brilliant CT iofclhi''
as Others, nevertheless every mind, 10 natter
how weak, strengthened by nope, will rcacn
| rational CONCLUSIONS. luaugurat0 . sYsIc.3 o:
fault. finding, 2bch produces dsroe!:GYcy, #NG
! it will expcli tie eiectricitics that compose IL"
miod, through the nnsira or drive Il G"Ng
| into tho system, AID the loss tt the 1iIJ* :"
| the head will produsc i;sanit:, r2Gh:di' - u
whether those finds have escaped, thspu2 ~
| ncstriIs or been driven 10y iau': GAdiH" lnt" O."
| body. ln pcrvlew of these iacta ui!i ;i!' i''.
that no man Is allowed 80 hurn 10Ha ha uTa
house when il cudangcrs Others, srr-rs; th'
enactment of laws holding ali persons r@sroa
sible who may have contributed ty !hcir Glu'
duct towards the insanity OF others, aud That ~
ell cases electric batteries he applied 10 thc H'i,
not that it will benefit il all Cases, but Will, n
some Instances, by driving back 10 tIrt h@a
such natural clectrloiies as may DC II tic body,
but which belong to the head ; a'SI THAI
science devote portion CT its labor 10 roe d."
oovery Of the material properties Contained II
| each fluid which, in their combination ani "r'
rangement, constitutes the human nnnd, ~
order that the natural mind may Ec repaired
az easily as any other electric battery, Gcd ~
the event Of lis obstruction Al artificial CT sc,rn.
| tifie QUO be substituted. IoLlMiC