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Of General Intellectual Derangement. I SHALL divide this general form of derange- ment into three grades or states. I. Mania, by which I mean what has been called tonic madness by some writers, and ma- nia fiiribunda by Vanswieten. n* Manicula, or madness in a reduced, and most commonly, in a chronic state. ni. Manalgia, or that state of general mad- ness, in which a universal torpor takes place in the body and mind. This division of general madness into three states, accords with similar divisions, which have lately been adopted of several other diseases, par- ticularly rheumatism, and inflammation of the