The histology of the blood in the insane / by W. Lauder Lindsay.

  • Lindsay, W. Lauder (William Lauder), 1829-1880.
Date:
[1854]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The histology of the blood in the insane / by W. Lauder Lindsay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

    18/21 (page 17)
    Table III.—{continued.) Sex. . A.ge. Phase of Insanity. Character of Physical Disease. F. 35 64 35 40 40 23 28 20 45 40 40 40 Melancholia. j> Mania. paroxysmal. Monomania of pride—melancholia. Dementia. Mania ferox, paroxysmal. Mania, religious—Dirty, degraded; hereditary taint; melancholia. Mania, religious—Delusions, pa- roxysms of violence. Mania—epilepsy. „ chronic. Scabies, tendency to erysipelas [traumatic]. Chronic diarrhoea, anaemia, emacia- tion. Frequent attacks of dysentery. ,, bronchitis, me- norrhagia and dysentery. Dyspepsia, cutaneous eruptions. Strumous ophthalmia. Chronic vomiting, angina, ansemia. Amenorrhcea, hypochondriasis, anas- mia. Strumous abscesses, chronic pleurisy, ansemia. Frequent attacks of dysentery. Menorrhagia. Varicose ulcers. Table IY. Cases illustrative of the presence, in the Insane, of great mental impairnmif, accompanied or not by physical complicatioiis, without any abnormal altera- tion of the blood-corpuscles. Sex. Age. Phase of Insanity. Physical Condition. M. 45 28 35 40 45 30 40 40 50 35 40 50 25 40 70 40 40 40 20 General paralysis, 1st stage, mania, chronic, paroxysmal—Mutilator, dirty. Mania, chronic, paroxysmal—Oc- casionally abstinent, mutilator. Mania, chronic—Destructive, noisy. General paralysis, 2nd stage. Chronic mania, dementia—Occasion- ally abstinent. Monomania of pride, dementia. „ of suspicion, dementia. Monomania of suspicion—Mute; ad- vanced dementia. General paralysis, 1st stage. Died. Mania, epilepsy. >' >> General paralysis, anrested—Mono- mania of ambition and riches. Amentia. Mania passing into general paralysis. Kleptomania, mania—Vanity. Monomania of suspicion—Mute. Mania ferox. ,, paroxysmal, connected with menstruation. Amentia. Hepatic disorders, sanguineous tumours of the ear. Masturbation and its effects. Good health. >> >> Pseudo-chorea j healthy. Masturbation and its effects. Cutaneous eruptions, tendency to erythema. Good health. )> >> Diarrhoea. Good health. Apoplexy, epilepsy, partial paralysis. Intemperance; healthy. Formerly a prostitute. Bronchitis—tendency to dysentery. Occasional diarrhoea.