paranœacs

The hereditary types, paranœa, etc., as a rule, decreased, but insane inventors were especially numerous, and this fact is readily explained ; for the time being the healthy idea of fighting the foreign foe dominated the insane conceptions of most paranœacs, but the insane idea of fighting him by inventions was directly suggested, so that this type of paranœacs found themselves out of accord with their surroundings, and were regarded as insane.

1884, Alienist and Neurologist, volume V, page 544