...declares insanity to be a "prolonged departure, without an adequate external cause, from the states of feeling and modes of thinking usual to the individual when in health. This is the true feature of disorder in mind." A general definition of mental disorder is this: Insanity...

...men the standard of mental health." We would, however, stand on the principle quoted by Dr. Ray : " It is the prolonged departure, without an adequate...when in health, that is the true feature of disorder in mind." Neither would we agree with him that the idea of moral insanity should be interdicted in...

...(Beck, I., p. 729). Dr. Combe says, in similar terms, " it is the prolonged departure, without any adequate external cause, from the state of feeling...in health, that is the true feature of disorder of the mind. The existence of insanity in any form is not always proved by the presence of any particular...

...is made. That given by Dr. Combe is perhaps as free from criticism as any other. It is as follows: "It is the prolonged departure, without an adequate...the state of feeling and modes of thinking usual to individuals when in health." Copeland's definition is as follows: " It is a deviation from, or perversion...

...intellectual faculties without pyrexia, and without coma." — Cullen. "A prolonged departure, and without an adequate external cause, from the state...feeling and modes of thinking usual to the individual who is in health; also a morbid action in one, in several, or in the whole of the cerebral organs,...

...intellectual faculties without pyrexia, and without coma." — Cullen. "A prolonged departure, and without an adequate external cause, from the state...feeling and modes of thinking usual to the individual who is in health; also a morbid action in one, in several, or in the whole of the cerebral organs,...