Twenty-eighth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester. October, 1860.

  • State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester.
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1860
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Credit: Twenty-eighth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester. October, 1860. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table No. 5—-Continued. CAUSES. I860. Previously. Males. Females. Males. Females. Influenza, ..... 1 5 Insolation, ..... 1 — 14 — Laryngitis,. — — — 1 Nervous Irritation, .... — — — 4 Nymphomania, .... — — — 1 Old Age, ..... 2 1 10 4 Otitis, ...... — — 3 — Palsy, . . . . . « . 9 1 38 24 Pneumonia, ..... — — — 1 Rheumatism, ..... — — 3 1 Scrofula, ...... o O 2 — 2 Sea-sickness,. — — — 1 Somnambulism, .... — — — 1 Suppressed Eruption, 1 — %« 5 4 Suppressed Ulcer, .... 1 — 1 3 Tic Douloureux, .... — — — 1 Tumor, ...... — — — 1 Whooping Cough, .... — — — 1 Amenorrhcea, ..... — 3 — 16 Lactation, Excessive, — — — 5 Menorrhagia, ..... — 2 — 3 Menorrhagia, Suppressed, — 5 — 5 Miscarriage, ..... — 1 — 1 Pregnancy, ..... — 1 — 4 Puerperal, ..... — 2 — 141 Turn of Life, ..... — 7 — 32 Amputation of Leg, — — 1 — Bathing in Cold Water, . — 2 2 — Drinking Cold Water, — — 1 — Exposure to Cold, .... — — 6 — Injury by Falling, &c., 2 — 7 3 “ of Head, .... 2 — 45 8 “ of Spine, .... 1 — 9 imi 1 Lead, Poison of, ... — — 2 — Lightning, Stroke of, — — 1 1 Labor, Excessive, .... — 2 2S 51 Loss of Sleep,..... 2 — — 5 Study, Excessive, .... — — 25 6 Spiritualism, ..... — — 11 14 Criminal Trial, .... _ _ _ 1 False Accusation, .... _ — _ 1 Imprisonment,..... 4 — 5 1 Death of Relatives,.... 1 1 19 53 Domestic Trouble, .... 9 17 118 295 Marriage, Unhappy, — — 4 2 Disappointment in Love,. — — 55 61 Disappointed Ambition, . — — 6 6 Homesickness, .... 2 3 1 5 Fright, ...... 1 — 14 18