DST 500 Chapter Notes -Michael King, Food Security, Cestoda
22 Jan 2013
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Nymphomania shows a symptom-profile similar to the current notion of. Cures: removal of blood to the point where women will not have periods, purgation, cooling of the womb through baths d, marry her to a lusty young man dominant cure. Injections of tapeworms into the womb, cooling ointment to the loins. None of these take into account homosexuality. Read the commentary before the article (2005). Argued in favor of the idea that there was an intimate relation between civilization and mental illness and that mental illness was actually rare among the so-called primitive people. Could just be a bias since asylums were located in large cities. But there was a lack of statistical support. Krafft-ebing stated problem was overpopulation and unhealthy working conditions. Also said that in societies without culture and without ethics , man would hardly differ from animals lack of expectations inherent in civilized life would supposedly protect them from madness.
