On hereditary insanity / by Hugh Grainger Stewart.

  • Stewart, Hugh Grainger.
Date:
1864
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Credit: On hereditary insanity / by Hugh Grainger Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table IX. Ceichton Institution Cases. Thuenam. Hereditary cases. No. of Caaea. Per-centnge. Per-centage. 9 2-30 0-96 - „ 10 „ 20 „ 62 15-85 12-77 20 „ 30 „ 128 32-82 32-53 30 „ 40 „ 87 22-31 200 40 „ 50 „ 73 18-71 15-9 50 „ 60 „ 20 5-13 10-6 60 „ 70 „ 8 205 6-03 70 „ 80 „ 3 0-77 0-97 80 „ 90 „ 0-24 Prom this table it appears that the predisposed cases are apt to suffer earlier in life than other cases, that they suffer more at the age of puberty and manhood, and decidedly less as old age approaches. VII.—The nwnher of attacJcs in hereditary cases. The influence of hereditary predisposition on the number of attacks of insanity is shown at a glance in the following tables : Table X.—Crichton Institution. Hereditary Cases. Kon-Horeditary Cases. No. of Cases. Per-centage. No. of Cases. Per-centage. 284 64-69 192 80-0 155 35-33 48 20-0 Table XI.—Cases generally. TmiENAM.l HOOD.2 No, of Cases. Per-centage. No. of Cases. Per-centage. 324 78-07 635 67-62 99 21-92 304 32-37 Hereditary cases have thus a much greater tendency to relapse than other cases. This point in their history may be still more forcibly illustrated. The number of individuals readmitted duriug