There is a lot of evidence that the manic side of Bipolar Affective Disorder
helps output in musicians, but not in physicists.  So, within restricted
areas, "madness" helps.
 
On the other hand, Frankenstein seems to be talking about his own obsession,
a completely different entity to psychiatrists, and probably not a version
that then or now would put him over the top for psychiatrists.
 
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