Rules and list of the present members of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Insane : and the prize essay entitled The progressive changes which have taken place since the time of Pinel in the moral management of the insane, and the various contrivances which have been adopted instead of mechanical restraint / by Daniel H. Tuke.

  • Society for Improving the Condition of the Insane (London, England)
Date:
1854
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Credit: Rules and list of the present members of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Insane : and the prize essay entitled The progressive changes which have taken place since the time of Pinel in the moral management of the insane, and the various contrivances which have been adopted instead of mechanical restraint / by Daniel H. Tuke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The causes of the disorder recovered were as under :— Hereditary predisposition existed in . 386 Intemperance . 181 Pregnancy, child-bearing, abor¬ tion, lactation, &c. 172 Disappointments, reverses, em¬ barrassments, losses, or pri¬ vations . 116 Religious excitement. 76 Grief. 62 Disappointed affection . 50 assigned in 1428 of the cases Anxiety, vexation . 43 Terror . 39 Blows on the head, falls . 23 Epilepsy . 23 Paralysis . 8 Causes of more rare occurrence 219 Of the remaining cases for which no cause was assigned, the disorder had previously occurred in 270. The causes of death in 1431 cases were as under:— Paralysis (in general the cause of the disorder intemperance) 284 Exhaustion (chiefly after great cerebral excitement) . 196 Pulmonary consumption . 164 Epilepsy . 135 Diarrhoea. 126 Apoplexy . 100 ] )ecay of nature—old age. 52 Convulsions . 29 Diseased Lungs . 29 Fever. 27 Hydrothorax . 25 Abscesses and ulcers . 25 Cerebral disease . 20 Erysipelas . 18 Disease of the heart or great vessels . 18 Asiatic cholera . 18 General debility . 16 Dysentery, ulcerated intestines 13 Suicide . 14 Tabes, marasmus, atrophy ... 11 Cancer . 10 Bronchitis. 10 Asphyxia. 9 Dropsy. 8 Pneumonia . Asthma. Enteritis . Gangrene. Wounds, falls . Cynanche. Pleuritis . Diseased liver, bilious cholera. Diseased bladder, cystitis, ischurise . Diseased ovaria . Peritonitis. Influenza . Diseased stomach . Lumbar abscess . Hsemorrhoidal discharge . Chorea . Ruptured liver. Ruptured spleen . Hernia . Hemiplegia . Delirium tremens . Concussion . Spinal disease . Scrofula. Burn . . 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 O O 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1