Sentence:  It is interesting to note that it has been suggested by Lugaro to partially extirpate the thyroid in cases of moral insanity; an excessive secretion of thyroid being regarded as the cause of excessive amativeness, thieving, and other mental <WSD>warps</WSD> ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.