"Mutism" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... say that in hysteria the so-called higher centres have an abnormally strong inhibitory influence over the lower centres. Gioffredi (Gazzetta degli Ospedali, October 1, 1895) has shown that some hysterical symptoms, such as mutism, can be cured by etherization, thus loosening the control of ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis
... had not been for his good. He said nothing, not even to greet his family, who laughed and wept over him, mad with joy. The poor man no longer left the house, for fear of saluting a filibuster. Cousin Primitivo himself, with all the wisdom of the ancients, could not draw him out of his mutism. ...
— An Eagle Flight - A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere • Jose Rizal
... pre-eminently in psychasthenia. { Tics Disorders / in many borderland cases; of < in the hypersensitive as often the only expression Will of any neuropathic tendency. { Distractibility { as in hypomania and frequently in hysteria. { Negativism { as in catatonia. { Mutism { as in catatonia. { Compulsive acts { as in psychasthenia, hysteria, etc. { Psychomotor overactivity (volition unable to check) { as in mania. { Psychomotor retardation (volition unable to energize) as ...
— Applied Psychology for Nurses • Mary F. Porter
... the child makes no attempt at speech, suspicions should be aroused concerning mutism or other serious nervous defects. Medical ...
— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler
... that the qualities of the race are depreciated by the intermarrying of relatives. The disastrous influence of such unions is exerted on the nervous system more than any other, and is a prolific source of deaf-mutism, blindness, idiocy, and insanity. Not, certainly, in all cases do we see these results, for the legitimate consequences of this violation of an organic law are often avoided by the help of more controlling influences, but they are frequent enough to remove any doubt ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, Number 59, September, 1862 • Various |
