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A Study of Stupor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

James R. Whitwell
James R. Whitwell*
Affiliation:
West Riding Asylum, Menston, near Leeds
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The manifestation of vital activity demands the consumption of material, and the diminution or absence of this material, of a necessity, and proportionately, compels the diminution of absence of the power of manifestation of vital activity. Take, for instance, the comparatively crude example of starvation.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 35 , Issue 151 , October 1889 , pp. 360 - 373
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1889

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