Degenerate - who is he, what does he look like?

French scientist Morel was the first to systematize the doctrine of the degeneration of mankind. In the event of a deviation from the normal type, the personality regresses, and a degenerate appears - who is he and what does he represent? Healthy, insane, criminal? Is this degeneration hereditary or acquired? Psychiatrist Morel studied the causes of insanity, and he was interested in the heredity of mentally ill people.

Dr. Morel spoke about the signs of degeneration for the first time. He made a fairly long list, which includes both physical and mental symptoms of degeneration. Such a person has a certain stigma of degeneration.

Surprisingly, the signs of degenerate listed by Morel can be inherited. In the first generation, only brain tides, nervous temperament, character unrestraint, irritability are recorded. In the second generation, brain diseases occur, and in the third generation the patient commits dangerous acts. Then there are such phenomena as congenital deafness, dementia, idiocy and backwardness.

In addition to hereditary factors, the degeneration of the personality is affected by intoxication:

• Alcohol, opium;
• Epidemics, hunger strikes;
• Poisoning;
• Soil composition.

Under the influence of the social environment, too, a degenerate appears-who is he, what does he look like? Most often it is a materially needy person who works in harmful production. Such people have congenital malformations. Severe mental trauma also contributes to degeneration.

It was thanks to the teachings of Morel "Treatise on degeneracy" that the study of social issues was taken more closely. Have paid attention that there is a connection between degeneration and overwork in unsanitary conditions. Then the idea of preventive medicine was born.

The word degenerate, its meaning, a description of signs and symptoms of degeneration, must be studied in the scientific literature. Mutations and changes in the tissues of the body are due to unfavorable conditions. Food has a great influence on physical degeneration.

In the modern world it is almost impossible to use only the right food. Environmental pollution, industrial waste, herbicides and pesticides, fluoride compounds, petrochemical products - all this leads to human degeneration.

Mental degenerate - who is this insane? Outwardly this is often manifested in ugliness. Physical deficiency does not need to be explicit. It can only be noted, for example, the wrong shape of the ears and skull.

Much attention in psychiatry in the examination of the patient is paid to the auricles. For the first time drew attention to changes in the structure of the ear and the shape of the ears by a French psychiatrist, so these ears are often called "Morelian".

The examined degenerate, who such, on what anomalies of a structure it is possible to assume? These symptoms include: hearing problems (underdevelopment or total deafness) and changes in the structure of internal organs.

It should not be forgotten that manifestation of any sign of developmental anomaly in a person does not necessarily mean that he is a degenerate. Scientist Morel only generalized the signs of degeneration, thereby creating a program for the study of mental disorders.