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Morel is regarded as the father of dementia praecox and the degeneration theory. Both of these ideas helped understand mental illness as it was on the rise in 19th and 20th century France. [16] Morel's degeneration theory gained quick popularity across Europe, which allowed it to shape further scientific developments.
Morel's concept of mental degeneration – in which he believed that intoxication and addiction in one generation of a family would lead to hysteria, epilepsy, sexual perversions, insanity, learning disability and sterility in subsequent generations – is an example of Lamarckian biological thinking, and Morel's medical discussions are ...
Degeneration (German: Entartung, 1892–1893) is a two-volume work of social criticism by Max Nordau. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Within this work he attacks what he believed to be degenerate art and comments on the effects of a range of social phenomena of the period, such as rapid urbanization and its perceived effects on the human body [ clarification ...
Benedict Augustin Morel (1809–1873) Dementia is an ancient term which has been in use since at least the time of Lucretius in 50 BC where it meant "being out of one's mind". [ 7 ] Until the seventeenth century, dementia referred to states of cognitive and behavioural deterioration leading to psychosocial incompetence.
As Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia — affecting an estimated 6.7 million Americans — it’s not surprising that people who experience memory loss may suspect AD.. In ...
B. A. Morel's degeneration theory was a theory that held that although societies can progress, they can also remain static or even regress if influenced by a flawed environment, such as national conditions or outside cultural influences. [13]
An excited Pugh replies: “That's where the Pugh came in!” Porowski confirms, “That's where the Pugh came in. And they got married, and this is their daughter's act of birth.”
Francis Galton, first theorist of eugenics.. In France, in particular, eugenics is a taboo subject, [1] described as “shameful, long stigmatized after World War II,” according to historian Anne Carol, [2] and “anathematized in French historiography,” according to historian Valentine Hoffbeck. [3]