Twenty-second annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted in terms of their charter to a general meeting of the directors, 20th June, 1842.

  • Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics.
Date:
1842
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Credit: Twenty-second annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted in terms of their charter to a general meeting of the directors, 20th June, 1842. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF ADMISSIONS ACCORDING TO THE CAUSES OF INSANITY, SO FAR AS THEY CAN BE ASCERTAINED. PHYSICAL CAUSES. Males. Hereditary tendency* Drunkenness* ..... Ditto* with hereditary predisposition* Cupping excessive, Catching cold* with hereditary predis¬ position* Deficient nourishment* Apoplexy, .... Fever* ..... Weakness of nerves* Critical period* .... Venery excessive* Epilepsy* ..... After anasarca* 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 I Females. Total. 7 11 0 7 0 6 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 Total* 24 14 38 MORAL CAUSES. Grief* . • . . • Neglected education and pride* Anxiety, with hereditary predisposition* Disappointments* Harsh treatment* .... Fright* ..... J ealousy* ..... Males. Females. 1 1 0 1 3 • 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 Total. 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 Total* 9 3 12 Unknown* 1 2 3