#john elliotson

[imnotadogiswear]

Fic idea: Assassin's Creed Syndicate but Jacob can read minds

[exnewyorkerknits]

...the composition of vulgar tirades by so many professional men pretending to medical knowledge, was precisely the conduct we witness in the streets when a deranged or imbecile person is pursued and hooted by boys and rabble, as though he were master of his own condition and conduct, and not the subject of an affliction profoundly interesting to the philosopher and to the man who can feel for others.

John Elliotson, a doctor in Victorian England, on the progression of medical technology and understanding.

[exnewyorkerknits]

…the composition of vulgar tirades by so many professional men pretending to medical knowledge, was precisely the conduct we witness in the streets when a deranged or imbecile person is pursued and hooted by boys and rabble, as though he were master of his own condition and conduct, and not the subject of an affliction profoundly interesting to the philosopher and to the man who can feel for others.

Dr John Elliotson, Victorian expert on hypnosis (then called mesmerism), on mental illness