PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Induced Coma, Paul Broca, Psychopathology
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Earlier when some were acting abnormal the church has a great deal said about causation. To treat it they read the body of evil spirit known as exorcism. If that didn"t work, they would do trepanning where they drill whole into the scalp so the evil spirit can escape thru the hole. In dark ages, if you were the witch [referred to as schizo. ]. There was a titter totter device where they put the witch at the end of it and dunk her in the water and leave her there. If she survived, she had witch powers and so they bring her and cut her head to kill her. But if the witch drowned, means she wasn"t a witch. Franz gall looked, listened and not be judgemental. Franz gall was a school teacher and he notice student who had great abilities and some aspects of their behaviour. He started to write down what he looked and listened.
