On the nature, and proximate cause, of insanity / by James George Davey.

  • Davey, James George, 1813-1895.
Date:
1853
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the nature, and proximate cause, of insanity / by James George Davey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    “ Some time since, I was consulted concerning a high-caste Indian—a Chitty—who presented, in many particulars, much the same condition as the last patient. This poor fellow had been most un- mercifully bled, each accession of mental excitement had been met by ‘more leeches,’ ‘more leeches;’ but, as may be expected, this treatment had been attended with no advantage. I put him on a tonic plan, and sent him from his home: he soon re- covered. “ A little girl, aged 14, for some months insane, and who was treated antiphlogistically by an eminent member of the medical-profession in Ceylon, was brought to my notice. Pills of pil. hydr. and aloes, and ext. hyoscyam., at night, an occasional shower-bath, with the internal use of carb. ferri and quinine, restored her to excellent health.” The three following cases occurred at the New County Asylum at Colney Hatch; the particulars of which I have extracted from the Appendix to my “ Report'' thereon, presented to the Middlesex magistrates:— Case 1. E. J—, mt. 52. Insane seven years. The mental disorder of this person commenced on the cessation of the catamenia. At this time, a temporary removal from her home, and from all her old associations, unfavorable as these unhappily were, either to the promotion or preservation of her