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NARRATOR: The line between treatment
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Mysteries of Mental Illness

The line between treatment {\an1}and punishment often blurred,with exorcisms,...

NARRATOR:
The line between treatment {\an1}and punishment often blurred,
with exorcisms, blood-letting, {\an1}and even extreme mechanical
devices

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NARRATOR: The line between treatment
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{\an1}and punishment often blurred, with exorcisms,
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blood-letting,
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{\an1}and even extreme mechanical devices.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:34
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures

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The attempts across generations to unravel the mysteries of mental illness, including its causes and treatments.
S01 • E02 NARRATOR: With no clear standards, - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:06
NARRATOR: With no clear standards,
S01 • E04 Next step is that he will meet Brian, - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:07
Next step is that he will meet Brian,
S01 • E01 {\an7}For example, like, a person with more black bile in their body - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:06
{\an7}For example, like, a person with more black bile in th...
S01 • E02 {\an7}Free Blacks in the North were identified as insane - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:09
{\an7}Free Blacks in the North were identified as insane
S01 • E04 {\an1}So, by treating these patients, - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:09
{\an1}So, by treating these patients,
S01 • E01 {\an7}So it can lead to insomnia, forms of hallucinations. - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:05
{\an7}So it can lead to insomnia, forms of hallucinations.
S01 • E03 {\an1}One sees this as entirely appropriate, - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:07
{\an1}One sees this as entirely appropriate,
S01 • E01 {\an7}It can lead to a number of other issues that we would identify - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:06
{\an7}It can lead to a number of other issues that we would ...
S01 • E02 {\an7}In many Northern towns, - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:06
{\an7}In many Northern towns,
S01 • E03 {\an7}And the other sees it as, as we might, as intolerable cruelty. - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:06
{\an7}And the other sees it as, as we might, as intolerable ...
S01 • E02 {\an8}To critics, the bias was obvious. - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:04
{\an8}To critics, the bias was obvious.
S01 • E01 {\an1}NARRATOR: Doctors believed blood carried the humors - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:05
{\an1}NARRATOR: Doctors believed blood carried the humors
S01 • E02 {\an1}But to pro-slavery advocates, the census was evidence - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:10
{\an1}But to pro-slavery advocates, the census was evidence
S01 • E01 {\an1}So they treated these imbalances by bleeding patients - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:07
{\an1}So they treated these imbalances by bleeding patients
S01 • E04 {\an1}During the Renaissance in the 16th century, - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:10
{\an1}During the Renaissance in the 16th century,
S01 • E01 {\an1}But who was considered mentally ill - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:06
{\an1}But who was considered mentally ill
S01 • E03 {\an1}ANNE HARRINGTON: Dorothea Dix was a very unlikely reformer. - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:05
{\an1}ANNE HARRINGTON: Dorothea Dix was a very unlikely refo...
S01 • E02 {\an1}The Medical Association of Louisiana - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:08
{\an1}The Medical Association of Louisiana
S01 • E01 {\an1}COOMBS: Historically, medicine in general and also psychiatry - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:13
{\an1}COOMBS: Historically, medicine in general and also psy...
S01 • E03 {\an1}She wasn't highly educated. - Mysteries of Mental Illness 00:04
{\an1}She wasn't highly educated.