HISTORY 265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Waterboarding, Henry Chandler Cowles, Insanity Defense
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Madness was more than unreason: it was a unified theory of mental illness. Dividing and treating madness in many ways only solidified it as a single, separate entity. (cid:1000). Personal experience of those people running the institution mattered for authority. Authority depended on being there, having experience. Psychiatrists who worked here were trusted for working at such a large institution. Gave psychiatrists a monopoly on research claims they were making. Was set apart from bedlam because its theory of madness differed from bedlam. People doing work as part of their treatment. Madness is frequently taken for one species of disorder, nevertheless, when thoroughly examines, it discovers as much variety with respect to its causes and circumstances as any other distemper whatever. Madness, therefore, like most other morbid cases, rejects all general methods. Evacuation is the most adequate and confiant cure. Determined by the will of the patient and judgement of the physician. Cases are mentioned to establish trust and credibility.
