monomania

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Partial Intellectual Mania, or Monomania, also called Melancholia, is a form of the disease in which the patient becomes possessed of some single notion, contradictory alike to common-sense and his own experience.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

Monomania is a derangement of mind in regard to a single subject only.

From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Cavins, Elmer W.

Monomania really means an insanity with but one, or, at most, a small class of delusions of the same character, the rest of the mind showing no disease.

From How to Care for the Insane A Manual for Nurses by Granger, William D.

Monomania is mental derangement as to one subject or object.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

Insanity may be divided into four species: 1st, Monomania, and melancholy, in which the delirium is confined to one or few objects.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)