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...Newtonian like" laws of the body! (An essay on the nature and conduct of the passions and affections, Francis Hutcheson, 1728 AD) "In the eighteenth century psychology was a branch of moral philosophy, not of natural philosophy or science, and had almost no point of contact with the medical study and treatment of the mentally ill. Nevertheless the writings of philosophers prepared a body of psychological knowledge which was of great value when in the nineteenth century physicians started to take an active interest in their patients' minds. For this reason men like Hutcheson who stimulated a long line of Scottish philosophers of the 'Common Sense' school [see Reid, Gregory, Stewart, Brown] have a place in the development of psychiatric thought. Hutcheson was interested in the psychological aspects of temperament and emotion and the effect of the 'Association of Ideas' in rousing and maintaining feelings even when 'contrary to Reason', and showed that they were `not so much in our Power, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/nature-and-conduct-of-the-passions-and-affections-francis-hutcheson-1728ad.htm | Size: 11K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 2: | Historical overview of Psychiatry: 1550 BC - 2010 AD Egyptians wrote a book of medicine. It is likely a copy of a much older book, but it is quite fascinating to realize just how much the ancients knew about the human body and various diseases. While the cures were no better than a witches brew with "eye of newt", they did understand the various diseases. The only reference to anything coming close to psychiatry is in the section on the heart where anger and sadness are discussed. Biopsychiatrists love to quote the papyrus as proof that the Egyptians believed depression was caused by bodily diseases. But this is simply untrue. In fact the opposite is true. The Egyptians understood that anger and sadness caused body diseases in the heart. The papyrus reads: "When his Heart is afflicted and has tasted sadness, behold his Heart is closed in and darkness is in his body because of anger which is eating up his Heart." (The Egyptian Medical Ebers Papyrus: 1550 BC) Jumping forward 3000 years... In 1558 AD, William Bullein stated that rejection ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-history-overview.htm | Size: 332K Depth: 4 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
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