Excerpt from The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology, 1857, Vol. 10 I. Prolonged Shower-baths in the Treatment of the Insane. II. Professor Ferrier's New Scottish Philosophy III. Autobiography of the Insane IV. Notes on Belgian Lunatic Asylums, including the Insane Colony of Gheel V. Philosophical Medicine VI. Mental Labour; its Effects on the Blood VII. The Insanity of King George III. VIII. On the Use of Chloroform in the Treatment of Puerperal Insanity IX. Physiological Psychology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.