Article ID: CBB191389604

Classic Text No. 128: Thomas Brown’s comments on Erasmus Darwin’s view on madness (2021)

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In his book Observations on the Zoonomia of Erasmus Darwin MD, Thomas Brown included a critical chapter on the analysis of madness proposed by Darwin in Zoonomia. Although neither Darwin nor Brown are ground-breaking in their views on madness, they illustrate the transitional accounts of madness that were being entertained at the end of the eighteenth century, particularly among writers who had studied at Edinburgh University.

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Authors & Contributors
Berrios, German E.
Andresen, Christopher Schroeder
Goldstein, Amanda Jo
Wilson, Phillip K.
Wade, Nicholas J.
Smith, Leonard D.
Concepts
Science and literature
Poetry and poetics
Romanticism
Mental disorders and diseases
Psychiatry
Primary literature (historical sources)
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Enlightenment
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
England
London (England)
Scotland
Germany
Denmark
Institutions
Lichfield Botanical Society
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