Fifteenth report of the directors of the Dundee Lunatic Asylum, for the year ending 31st May, 1835.

  • Dundee Lunatic Asylum.
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[1835?]
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Credit: Fifteenth report of the directors of the Dundee Lunatic Asylum, for the year ending 31st May, 1835. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths.—Tlie following is a table shewing the number of patients who died, together with their diseases : Of Apoplexy,...3 Epilepsy,.1 Fever,.1 Exhaustion,.2 Cancer of Stomach,.1 Total,. .... 8 One of the cases of apoplexy under the head of “ Immo¬ rality,” and the case of fever, have been alluded to. The cases of exhaustion occurred in very aged females, one of whom, although very much emaciated, enjoyed a good appe¬ tite to the last. We have again been obliged to admit all sorts of patients —the epileptic, the apoplectic, and the paralytic have been received. Many arrive at the Asylum gate without the necessary certificates, some are sent without the testimony of a medical practitioner, others without the obligation for the payment of the board, Ac,, and some without any certificate at all—this leads to trouble and confusion, and unavoidable exposure of the patients, till these forms have been completed, all which could be prevented by making necessary application to the Asylum a few days before the patient left home. And in a great majority of cases, the friends and relations totally neglect to furnish any history of the lunatic, thus leaving us in ignorance of those facts which are essentially necessary to a proper under¬ standing of the case, and consequently embarrassed both as to our medical and moral treatment. By introducing this subject here, we hope to bring it before the public, who are most concerned, and by this means prevent a recurrence of such neglect—at least in some cases. Patrick Nimmo, Physician. A. Mackintosh, Surgeon, Superintendent, June 15, 1835.