'Agoraphobia' is the fear of
crossing an open space, 'batophobia' is the fear that high things will
fall, 'siderophobia' is the fear of thunder and lightning, 'pathophobia'
is the fear of disease, whilst 'pantophobia' is the fear of everything
and everybody.
=Epilepsy in Relation to Insanity.=--The subjects of this disease are
often subject to sudden fits of uncontrollable passion; their conduct is
sometimes brutal, ferocious, and often very immoral. As the fits
increase in number, the intellect deteriorates and chronic dementia or
delusional insanity may supervene. (1) Before a fit the patient may
develop paroxysms of rage with brutal impulses (_preparoxysmal
insanity_), and may commit crimes such as rape or murder. (2) Instead of
the usual epileptic fit, the patient may have a violent maniacal attack
(_masked epilepsy_, _epileptic equivalent_, _psychic form of epilepsy_).
(3) After the fit the patient may perform various automatic actions
(_post-epileptic automatism_) of which he has no subsequent
recollection. Thus the patient may urinate or undress in a public place,
and may be arrested for indecent exposure. Epileptics who suffer from
both petit and grand mal attacks are specially liable to maniacal
attacks.
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