Report on insanity and idiocy in Massachusetts.

  • Massachusetts. Commission on Lunacy. [from old catalog].
Date:
1855
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report on insanity and idiocy in Massachusetts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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    CONTENTS. vork, Resolves, Analysis of, Methods of obtaining Census of the Insane, . Manner in which the Commission commenced their Physicians employed, Other aids, ..... Number of Physicians in Massachusetts, Reliability of reports returned, Number of Insane, .... Number of Idiots, .... Comparison with other enumerations in Massachusetts, Enumeration in Great Britain, Enumeration in France, Enumeration in other Countries, Population of Massachusetts, Number of Insane in towns, Table I.—Lunatics in Towns, Independent and Pauper, Nativity, Pros pect and Situation, Population, Table II.—Lunatics in Counties, Sex, Conditio! for Hospital, Pecuniary condition of Lunatics, Table III.—Independent Lunatics in Counties, at Home, and in Hospitals &c, Condition, Number subject for Hospital, Table IV.—Independent Lunatics, Condition, Subject for Hospital, Paupers, ........ Table V.—Pauper Lunatics, at Home, American and Foreign, Irish Condition, Subject for Hospital, . Table VI.—Pauper Lunatics, in Hospitals, &c, American and Foreign Irish, Condition, Subject for Hospital, Table VII.—Pauper Lunatics, at Home, in Hospitals, Receptacles, ^c. American, Foreign, Irish, Condition, Subject for Hospital Table VIII.—Pauper Lunatics, Condition, Subject for Hospital, State Paupers, ....... Table IX.—State Pauper Lunatics, Idiots, Condition and Prospect, Na tivity, ...... and Prospect, Subject Page. 9 10 11 11 14 14 16 17 18 18 19 20 20 20 21 22 39 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51