Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1899 — Latest Form of Dementia. [ARTICLE]

Latest Form of Dementia.

Golficltls is a permanent addition to English manias and is attracting the attention of thinking alienists. It Is designated the fourth dementia by an English physician. The mania differs from others in that it is most acute In Its chronic stages and is incurable. Its symptoms are a loathing for legitimate business, an abnormal disposition to nervous irritation, a passion for giddy and eccentric garments, a profound contempt for truth, a hatred for domestic restraint, accompanied by flushed face and a depraved love of out-of-doors. *