History of psychiatry.
Publisher:
Alpha Academic, in collaboration with the Royal College of Psychiatrists,. London : Sage Publications (2003)
Frequency: Quarterly.
Country: England
Language: English
Author(s):
Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Start Year:1990 -
ISSN:
0957-154X (Print)
0957-154X (Linking)
0957-154X (Linking)
Impact Factor
0.6
2023
| NLM ID: | 9013819 |
| (OCoLC): | 22167445 |
| (DNLM): | SR0068524(s) |
| Classification: | W1 HI85Q |
Horse madness (hippomania) and hippophobia. Anthropophagic horses have been described in classical mythology. From a current perspective, two such instances are worth mentioning and describing: Glaucus of Potniae, King of Efyra, and Diomedes, King of Thrace, who were both devoured by their horses. In both cases, the horses' extreme aggression and their subsequent anthropophagic behaviour were attributed to their madness (hippomania) induced by the custom of feeding them with flesh. The current problem of 'mad cow' disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) is apparently related to a similar feed pattern. Aggressive behaviour in horses c...