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The '''somatic school''' was a group of nineteenth century German psychiatrists, including [[Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi|Carl Jacobi]], [[Christian Friedrich Nasse]] and [[Carl Friedrich Flemming]], who taught that insanity is a symptom of biological diseases located outside the brain, particularly diseases of the abdominal and thoracic viscera, akin to the delirium caused by many acute biological illnesses. Their approach differed from that of the physiological school, represented by [[Wilhelm Roser]], [[Wilhelm Griesinger]] |
The '''somatic school''' was a group of nineteenth century German psychiatrists, including [[Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi|Carl Jacobi]], [[Christian Friedrich Nasse]] and [[Carl Friedrich Flemming]], who taught that insanity is a symptom of biological diseases located outside the brain, particularly diseases of the abdominal and thoracic viscera, akin to the delirium caused by many acute biological illnesses. Their approach differed from that of the physiological school, represented by [[Wilhelm Roser]], [[Wilhelm Griesinger]] and [[Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich|Carl Wunderlich]], who insisted on there being a brain lesion underlying all insanity, even if, in some instances that lesion was the result of an earlier, extra-cerebral biological illness.<ref name = Asylum> {{vcite book| author = Bucknoll JC | title = The asylum journal of mental science | volume = 2 | year = 1856 | publisher = William Pollard | location = Exeter | pages = 78–9 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=cR8HAQAAIAAJ }} </ref><ref name = Engstrom> {{vcite book | author = Engstrom EJ | title = Clinical psychiatry in imperial Germany: a history of psychiatric practice | year = 2003 | pages = 58–9| publisher = Cornell University Press | isbn = 0801441951 }} </ref> |
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The somatic school was a group of nineteenth century German psychiatrists, including Carl Jacobi, Christian Friedrich Nasse and Carl Friedrich Flemming, who taught that insanity is a symptom of biological diseases located outside the brain, particularly diseases of the abdominal and thoracic viscera, akin to the delirium caused by many acute biological illnesses. Their approach differed from that of the physiological school, represented by Wilhelm Roser, Wilhelm Griesinger and Carl Wunderlich, who insisted on there being a brain lesion underlying all insanity, even if, in some instances that lesion was the result of an earlier, extra-cerebral biological illness.[1][2]
References
- ^ Bucknoll JC. The asylum journal of mental science. Vol. 2. Exeter: William Pollard; 1856. p. 78–9.
- ^ Engstrom EJ. Clinical psychiatry in imperial Germany: a history of psychiatric practice. Cornell University Press; 2003. ISBN 0801441951. p. 58–9.
