The man of genius / by Cesare Lombroso.

  • Cesare Lombroso
Date:
1891
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The man of genius / by Cesare Lombroso. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

    17/394
    CONTENTS. PART I. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GENIUS. CHAPTER I. PAGE History of the Problem ----- 1-4 Aristotle — Plato — Democritus — Felix Plater — Pascal — Diderot—Modern writers on genius. CHAPTER n. Genius and Degeneration . - . - 5-37 The signs of degeneration—Height—Rickets—Pallor—Ema- ciation—Physiognomy—Cranium and Brain—Stammering —Lefthandedness—Sterility—Unlikeness to Parents- Precocity—Delayed development—Misoneism—Vagabon- dage — Unconsciousness — Instinctiveness — Somnambu- lism—The Inspiration of Genius—Contrast—Intermit- tence—Double Personality—Stupidity—Hypersesthesia— Parzesthesia — Amnesia — Originality — Fondness for special words. CHAPTER in. Latent Forms of Neurosis and Insanity in Genius- 38-65 Chorea and Epilepsy—Melancholy—Megalomania—Folic du dottle—Alcoholism—-Hallucinations —Moral Insanity — Longevity. CHAPTER IV. Genius and Insanity . . - - . 66-99 Resemblance between genius and insanity—Men and women of genius who have been insane—Montanus—Harrington —Haller—Schumann—Gerard de Nerval—Baudelaire—
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3