article_snippet: Diagnosed with conditions such as ‘imbecility,’ ‘
article_snippet: Quakers, who believe there is a spark of divinity in everyone, were appalled by this.
article_snippet: One involved a spinning chair, the theory being that spinning a person around would help to cancel out the spinning in their heads.
article_snippet: ‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.
article_snippet: he left in 1875 to become the Lord Chancellor's Visitor in Lunacy .
article_snippet: One patient claimed to be the 'Queen of heaven, possessed of great wealth and had been crowned'.
article_snippet: Examples from the Stanley Hall era include Alfred Todd of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, who was diagnosed of 'imbecility with epilepsy'.
article_snippet: The remarks made on his treatment include an answer to questions regarding name and age, which his replied 'broken window' and on asking his names of surrounding objects his replies 'Alfey'.