"[I]f otherwise, we endeavour in vain to correct his wrong judgment by reason or argument, since the disordered state of the brain makes a stronger impression upon the mind, than any arguments or external considerations whatever."
— Whytt, Robert (1714-1766)
Author
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed by Hamilton, Balfour, and Neill
Date
1751
Metaphor
"[I]f otherwise, we endeavour in vain to correct his wrong judgment by reason or argument, since the disordered state of the brain makes a stronger impression upon the mind, than any arguments or external considerations whatever."
Metaphor in Context
[...] In a fever, when, from an obstruction or perverted motion of the fluids in the brain, or its membranes, the patient talks of seeing and hearing things which are neither present nor spoken, he may be readily convinced of his error, provided the delirium be of the slighter kind; if otherwise, we endeavour in vain to correct his wrong judgment by reason or argument, since the disordered state of the brain makes a stronger impression upon the mind, than any arguments or external considerations whatever: yet acrid cataplasms applied to the soles of the feet, as they give great pain, and so make a remarkably strong impression on the sentient principle, will often lessen, and sometimes entirely remove such a delirium.
(Sect. XI, pp. 312-3)
(Sect. XI, pp. 312-3)
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Citation
3 entries in ESTC (1751, 1763, 1768).
Robert Whytt, An Essay on the Vital and Other Involuntary Motions of Animals (Edinburgh: Printed by Hamilton, Balfour, and Neill, 1751). <Link to Google Books>
Robert Whytt, An Essay on the Vital and Other Involuntary Motions of Animals (Edinburgh: Printed by Hamilton, Balfour, and Neill, 1751). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
04/25/2012
