Malarial Therapy in General Paralysis of the Insane.

‘The Cruel Madness of Love’

“…160 In order to differentiate GPI from melancholia, Mickle advised that: Some of the somatic signs of GPI, the fact that the patients rarely maintain complete silence, that they show less of that rigid, fixed, contraction of the lineaments, and deep furrowing of the lines of expression, that is usually seen in the simple form of melancholia with stupor, are distinctive points. 161 In addition, Maurice Craig, a physician and lecturer in psychological medicine at Guy's Hospital, London, pointed out that:…”

“…The Scottish Board of Control recommended that this method be used, possibly because in certain private asylums exception was taken to the injection of blood from one patient into another. 161 The special department of the Ministry of Health, which maintained a supply of mosquitoes, offered to send a few on application to any hospital which required them. 162 However, this method was also problematic.…”