The journal of psychological medicine and mental pathology : editor and proprietor, Forbes Winslow, M.D., F.R.C. Phys. Ed.

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[1851]
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    Literature of Insanity & Medical Metaphysics,, INTERESTING TO ALL ENGAGED IN THE TREATMENT OF LUNATICS, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF ASYLUMS, Putolisiied Quarterly, price 3@g ©&. *** The Journal is addressed specially to those anxious to advance Psychological Science, to improve our Jcnoivledge of the Treatment of Insanity, and to promote the Amelioration of the Insane. Established in 1848. THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE AND MENTAL PATHOLOGY. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, FORBES WINSLOW, M.D., F.R.C. Phys. Ed. Until tlie publication of this Journal, in 1848, those in this country connected with the treatment of insanity and the management of lunatic asylums, had no periodical specially representing their important interests. The establishment of a magazine devoted exclusively to the reception of papers and the discussion of questions relative to the Human Mind in its many morbid conditions had long been a desideratum. The Journal oe Psychological Medicine -was started with the hope of occu¬ pying the vacant space existing in the periodical literature of England. It has been the object of the editor to take a wide and comprehensive view of medical psychology, and to open to the profession a new field of philo¬ sophic research, believing that the man engaged in the study and practice of medicine has higher and more noble functions than those connected merely with the consideration of the material part of his organization; that, to properly appreciate disease, and to be fully competent to ad¬ minister to the alleviation of human suffering, it is essentially necessary he should be acquainted with the influence of the many spiritual agencies that are constantly producing, aggravating, and modifying bodily and mental disease. Garth feelingly exclaimed: et The healing art, now sick’ning hangs its head, And once a science, has become a trade.” It has been the earnest desire and aim of the Editor of the c Psycho¬ logical Journal,’ to cultivate in the profession a taste for the study of the more spiritual part of the science of medicine, from a strong convic¬ tion that, in proportion as the medical practitioner becomes acquainted with the laws regulating the union of spirit and matter, mind and body, will he place the science which he cultivates on high vantage-ground, and thus command for the noblest of all pursuits, the admiration, respect, and sup¬ port of the public,