Introduction -- Scottish institutional provision for the insane -- Clinical diagnosis -- The impact of the laboratory -- Treatment -- Aetiology and social epidemiology -- Conclusions -- Appendices
Summary
Against a backdrop of contemporary social and sexual concerns, and potent fears surrounding the moral and physical 'degeneration' of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century society, 'The Cruel Madness of Love' explores a critical period in the developing relationship between syphilis and insanity. General paralysis of the insane (GPI), the most commonly diagnosed of the neurosyphilitic disorders, has been devastating both in terms of its severity and incidence. Using the rich laboratory and asylum records of lowland Scotland as a case study, Gayle Davis examines the evolution of GPI as a d
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-274) and index
