HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dander, Industrial Revolution, Moral Treatment
21 Dec 2016
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We start with the idea of madness which is not the same as mental illness which is health related and which physicians have domain over. Strange and deviant behaviour has not always been understood in health terms. Madness could be caused by god"s wrath, ingested substances, the moon etc. In the transition from madness to mi, we see more people experiencing it in more recent times. Our knowledge of mi is imprecise, debated and imperfect. Looking at the history of specific illnesses may help understand madness and the history of mi. From about the 2nd c bc certain mis may not have been present but sounded a lot like what they are defined as today. Hippocrates and galen said the cause of mi is organic - ie. situated in the brain. The medical philos of ancient greece and rome dissipates as it falls and the long medieval period islamic scholars continued looking at madness.
