The shock of the blows-of the words- and finally of the water against his head, sent the blood to his brain- banished the liquor, and the dementia, from it....
"A Fool There Was"
Porter Emerson Browne
Felix left the house with Theodose and Flavie, whose arm the barrister pressed to let her know he would explain in the carriage the apparent dementia of the young professor.
"The Lesser Bourgeoisie"
Honore de Balzac
I would here observe that the figure of the maniac is superior to that of the melancholiac, whose expression is rather that of dementia than melancholia.
"Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles"
Daniel Hack Tuke