Reports of the medical officer of the Lunatic Asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the Borough of Much Wenlock, 1846-1847 / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum].

  • Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Reports of the medical officer of the Lunatic Asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the Borough of Much Wenlock, 1846-1847 / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE exhibiting the Assigned Causes of the Malady in the cases admitted during the first two years. Males. Females. Total. Age.. 1 1 2 Alarm ... 0 1 1 Anemia.. 0 1 1 Anxiety...... 8 4 12 Application to Business.... 1 0 1 Cerebral Disease... 3 0 3 Critical Period of Life without other known Cause .... 0 3 3 Debility induced by severe Indisposition during Pregnancy . 0 1 1 Disappointment (Prospects).. .. 2 0 2 --.- (Affections'! 0 3 3 Domestic Disagreement.......................... 4 4 8 Epilepsy. 10 5 15 Fanaticism ... 0 1 1 Fever . . .......... 1 1 2 Grief.. 0 3 3 Hereditary Predisposition without other known Cause 6 7 13 Illegitimate Child, Birth of... 0 1 1 Imbecility Congenital..... .. 6 7 13 Intemperance.... 10 1 11 Jealousy... 2 0 2 Lactation ..... 0 5 5 Poverty... 5 8 13 Previous Attacks without other known cause ........ 2 0 2 Prostitution.... .. 0 1 1 Puerperal State under distressing circumstances...... 0 1 1 Shock from Bad News... 0 1 1 Unascertained.... 27 22 49 Number of Cases in which Hereditary Predisposition is traceable, 16 Males and 12 Females, Total 28.