no direct access could be obtained to the banned, or burned, books of the three cosmologists, Xertigny, Yates and Zotov (pen names), who had recklessly started the whole business half a century earlier, causing, and endorsing, panic, demency and execrable romanchiks.
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Demency — De men*cy, n. [L. dementia, fr. demens mad. See {Dement}.] Dementia; loss of mental powers. See {Insanity}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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History of neurology — The study of neurology dates back to prehistoric times, but the academic discipline did not begin until the 16th century. From an observational science it developed a systematic way of approaching the nervous system and possible interventions in… … Wikipedia
Insanity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Insanity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disordered reason disordered reason disordered intellect Sgm: N 1 diseased mind diseased mind unsound mind abnormal mind Sgm: N 1 derangement derangement unsoundness GRP: N 2 Sgm … English dictionary for students
dementia — 1806, from L. dementia madness, distraction, folly, noun of state from dementem, from dementer (see DEMENT (Cf. dement)). It existed earlier in an anglicized form, demency (1520s), from Fr. démence. Dementia praecox is a Mod.L. form recorded from … Etymology dictionary
