Proteolysed Beef for Coeliac Disease
1944; BMJ; Volume: 2; Issue: 4367 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1136/bmj.2.4367.370
ISSN0959-8138
Autores Tópico(s)Animal Genetics and Reproduction
ResumoDETENTION MEBRITISHcourage.In the Navy, they resent all discipline, shirk all responsibility, and squander their pay in a reckless fashion.A typical reaction was that of a rating who deserted to pay out his wife for some petty quarrel: " I knew she would lose her money while I was adrift," he said.They are drawn from all classes of society, and some of them have ruined excellent opportunities in early life by refusing to stick to anything.Many have been in approved schools, Borstal, or prison- some in all three; a few of them are habitual criminals, having taken to crime as a livelihood; but the majority have not enough stability even for that.It is not surprising that these men, more especially those of the aggressive type, appear in detention again and again, for violence, insubordination, and absence without leave.Under the transient stress of active service they tend to show up surprisingly well.It is not contended that crime is due to some strange disease, of which the psychopathic personality is one aspect: that conception has been abandoned by modern criminologists.On the other hand, it is significant that a very large proportion of civil and Service delinquency appears in those who have pronounced emotional instability.Such cases do not require hospital treatment or invaliding, and I have little faith in psychotherapy in these conditions.No satisfactory solution has been evolved in this country to deal with grossly psychopathic offenders, though special institutions for treating them were included among the measures in the Criminal Justice Bill of 1938.So far as Service delinquents are concerned, an attitude of understanding firm- ness, combined with careful placing on discharge from deten- tion, is all that can be attempted at the present moment.The American system of heating the punitive furnace seven times for the psychopath does not appear attractive; but, in any case, the American Forces have the advantage over us of accepting no ex-criminals for enlistment.Many and interesting cases might be quoted from our experiences with psychopaths, but the following is an example of the problem which confronts us:Case 3.-Stoker aged 45.Came from a poor home, but had no
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