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Bertrand Russell: "Ketika anestesi ditemukan, mereka dianggap jahat se...

"Ketika anestesi ditemukan, mereka dianggap jahat sebagai upaya untuk menggagalkan kehendak Tuhan. Kegilaan dianggap disebabkan oleh kerasukan setan, dan diyakini bahwa setan yang mendiami orang gila bisa diusir dengan menimbulkan rasa sakit padanya, sehingga membuat mereka tidak nyaman. Dalam mengejar pendapat ini, orang gila diperlakukan selama bertahun-tahun dengan brutal sistematis dan hati nurani."

--- Bertrand Russell

Versi Bahasa Inggris

When anaesthetics were invented they were thought to be wicked as being an attempt to thwart God's will. Insanity was thought to be due to diabolic possession, and it was believed that demons inhabiting a madman could be driven out by inflicting pain upon him, and so making them uncomfortable. In pursuit of this opinion, lunatics were treated for years on end with systematic and conscientious brutality.