Body and Mind: An Inquiry Into Their Connection and Mutual Influence, Specially in Reference to Mental Disorders; Being the Gulstonian Lectures for 1870, Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicia - Hardcover

Henry Maudsley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0666461503 ISBN 13: 9780666461506

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how body and mind influence each other, from illness to everyday mental function, in a landmark 1870 study.

This edition gathers Henry Maudsley’s lectures on the physical condition of mental function in health, the links between bodily states and mental disorders, and the way pathology informs psychology. It also includes an appendix that surveys the limits of philosophical inquiry and a theory of vitality, offering a historical view of how science began to connect physiology with mind.

• Learn how early scientists framed mind and body as two branches of one science.
• See cases and ideas about insanity, mood, and how bodily disease can affect thinking.
• Understand the role of abdominal organs, reproductive health, and vitality in mental states.
• Appreciate the methodological shift toward inductive study of physiology to explain mental phenomena.

Ideal for readers of medical history, late‑19th‑century psychology, and anyone curious about the origins of mind–body science in medicine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0666461503
• ISBN 13: 9780666461506
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 204