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Victorian science: Knocking sense into idiots, the deranged, and the depraved

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http://mindhacks.com/2014/10/15/a-rush-o...the-brain/

EXCERPT: An article from Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry that discusses the concept of ‘moral disability’ and brain trauma in Victorian times includes a fascinating section on what was presumably thought to be the science of ‘knocking some sense into the brain’. The piece is by medical historian Brandy Shillace who researches Victorian scientific ideas and how they affected society. Sadly, the article is locked (quite rightly, humanities can kill if not used correctly) but this is the key section...


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