The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-06-23


factory classification possible in the pres
eat state of sciencsl A.-There cannot De
4 satisfactory classification until we have
. satisfactory definition in words, and tnat
At present Is impossible.
o,-Do you know whether OF not there Is
a form Of insanity which is denominaled
emotional or impulsive insanity An
writers on insanity, acknowledge tnAt-
O-WhRt IS your opinion about itf A.
I believe there Is such form: oonsInea
that phrase to represent actions eLsns
from q diseased brain suddenly ana trans hsi
torily. think that Will cover me EIouhu-
ON that case will ask you what you
understand 70 be an irresistible ana IN
impulse. as connected r VII
that form OF insane conditions A.-Lt nL1N
impulsive insanity may DO uncontrotIAol e.
IL has various grades. OF course can
hardly conceive OF tmpulstve INSANITY tn .l
would not be Observation-Disclosures
you might say.
doctcrl You say he cannot con
trol his will. State what you mean oy
that particularly. A.-ThAt - rather
difncult question TO answer. suppose ne
might act Ia various ways Inc uncon.
must be evidenced by the act
o.EHow may the act be evidenced 2 A.
But the insanity which prompted ~
must be judged OF by the previous cohul-
ton OF the brain.
AND EMOTIONAL INSANITY.
O.-How may the acts OF the mind be
clSSsided doctorI A.-They are usually
classified by writer's into will, intellect and
emotion.
nected with each OF those acts OF the
mindl A.-There may be.
Q.-What then. do you take 10 De the
difference between intellectual ana emo
tional insanity. IL we may use those
phrases? Al presume that the diner
ence Is that the intellect remains clear
while the emotion is uncontrollable oy the
o.-Now. as to intellectual insanity,
what would you take to be such Al IN
tsllectual insanity is connected WIN oe-
lusions and haluclnatlons OF various sorts.
False reasoning or right re05ohihB liOAa
talse promises. ami.
O.-May a person in an insane condition
use a proper weapon TO accomplish ms
purpose; how is that A.-Oh. yes, sir;
they are as shrewd and as cunning as sane
O.-May a person use such weapon as
that and vet at the time be overcome Dy
an irresistible imlulsei Al shon,a
rather think the irresistible impulse would
come upon him TO use it and in the use OF
It.
O.-What effect would the sudden and
accidental appearance OF the suppose
abnormRHy irritable brain OF the one VINO
deemed himself grievously wronged oL
this personl A.-The emotion that would
be excited in q sane man under such cir
would be likely to transport
an insane brain beyond Jntrol.
OIL forgot to ask you question which
wish to ask here. little out Of place, as
20 whether or not conclusion Of the brain
leads to a change in the disposition OF the
person affected. Alt often does.
Q.-And as to the suitability or other
Wise2 Alt often does; generally does.
ON what respect does II change the
disposition of q person. A.-Well, II
changes il just as all mild indications of
insanity are an alteration OF the temper
and habits of thought and mode OF dong
things. sometimes latent and sometimes
manifest.
Q.-Yes. Now will return to the course
of examination that l was on. IL one be
oVerborne by what is called in the books
an irresistible Impulse, by what you have
determined and described as an irreslst
IDLE impulse is il always the case that no
appreciates the quaiity OF ms acts ana
knows for instance that he is committing
a criminal &C il he makes an assaults a.
He may or may not
O-May he be so overborne and yet be
rational Immediately after the commission
of the actl Al oe!IeVe that is acknoWl-
edged by all authorities. am OF the same
opinion.
LoNG-CONTINUED PASSION.
O.-May the violence OF the act be fol-
lowed by a calm Al will say, however,
in relation to the last question. my upini n
Is not wholly based upon authorizes. but
upon observation.
Q.-That person may be Overborne, If
understand you. by an iTrisi stiOle impulse
and do something that lie should not do
and Immediately after the commission OF
the act be in his right mind. Is thaJ what
you mean A.-GeJ, sir; that Is what
mean.
Q.-MSy the insane condition be con
eeaIed until the time of the ii al outbreak,
aoc,orl Al am of the opinion that IL
the habits ana character OF the patient
were properly observed there would be in
dications of his condition before that time.
| think there lies great dlnerencs DC.
tween transitory mania and an outburSt
of passion or revenge; that in the one
case there are evidences of diseased BRAIN
beforehand. and in the her there are no
such evidences.
Glow is it about the power of one in
an insane condition to choose between
right and wrong when he is overborne by
this impulse Of which you have spOken2
has no power. That is implied in the
question. He may have intellectual Gear
ness and yet be uncomfortable.
Q.-How is it about the feeling of right
and wrong in those who are atiected2 A
They may know the act to be wrong act
and yet be Obliged to do it.
Q.-Whst il a lonR-continued passion Of
suffering be caused by repeated and long
continued assaults upon those we hold the
most dear on earth2 Alt produces a
more aggravated form OF emotion that is
all.
and in the same way day after day for
nearly three years and that upon brain
which is abnormally irritablel Alt in
creases the irritation.
Q.-And take that same kind of a brain
and see what the effect would be upon IL
IL during all this time the persons most
dear to one were constantly and repeatedly
charged with inhuman and cruel prac-
ticesi Al would have to answer in the
same way.
AN HYPOTHESIS.
O-Might or might not this result in an
attack of emotional insanity in such per-
son with this abnormRlly irritable brain!
AIN suoh brain it would be very prob
able.
O.-Take such a brain again, doctor,
and suppose that person had persistently
for several years prosecuted this one with
such n brain in such a way as TO so pain
fully work upon his feelings as to cause
change in his temper, disposition and con-
duct; and suppose that the person so per-
secuted: be a young man OF high spirit
and nervous temperament, and he was to
suddenly and accidentally meet his persc-
cutor, might there or might there not be
such conduct upon the part of the person
prosecuted as would fall under the head Of
what il known as emotional or impulsive
Insanity Al think all neurologists will
agree that there would be. 1t would be
likely t. be.
Q.-Suppose this persecution consisted
of false and slanderous attacks upon the
different members of a family OF the one
so prosecuted, and 10 whom this one was
tenderly and devotedly attached. these
attacks being made continuously day after
day for several years in the columns Of a
daily paper of large circulation, published
in the city of residence of the one so per-
secuted: what effect would be likely to be
produced upon the mind of this person ;
A.-The person with such brain as has
been referred to would be very likely to
be driven mad-to insane acts l mean. l
think that is but common sense.
STATING A CASE. -
Mr.. Taylor-Doctor, follow me as closely
as you can, please. suppose man about
% years old. unmarried, high spirited, OF
nervous temperament, but quiet, cheerful
and peaceful in his demeanor. was thrown
from 3 buggy in the Summer of 1880
striking his head. upon the left side, upon
the ground, and thereby producing a ss-
we're conclusion Of his brain; an hour or
two afterward, when his physician first
saw him, he had great mental confusion
wished to rise from his bed and 20 down
town, when il was perfectly manifest that
he was incapable of attending to business.
He talkad in confused manner saYinR