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Rest and Exercise in the Treatment of Nervous and Mental Diseases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

L. Meyer*
Affiliation:
University of Göttingen

Extract

More than a generation ago (in 1860), in Hamburg, I made my first experiment in treating patients suffering from recent insanity, especially the excited, in bed. This treatment, continued in the Göttingen Asylum, forms a prominent part of my system. It may therefore be inferred that the first experiments were confirmed by many excellent results; while, on the other hand, there have not been wanting occasional failures, which, indeed, attend on every method of medical treatment. I am glad to have an opportunity of laying my experience in this matter before the Medico-Psychological Association. My contribution may be taken as a small tribute in recognition of all I have learned from Great Britain throughout my psychiatric career, both in theory and practice.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1896

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