Thirty-seventh annual report by the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1864.
- James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics
- Date:
- 1864
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Thirty-seventh annual report by the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1864. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![YI.—PRESENT POPULATION. M. F. .n- ■ T. 35 38 73 I. Recent or Acute Cases, ... 2 4 6 Chronic or Confirmed, 33 33 66 Congenital, — 1 1 Probably Curable, 2 4 6 ,, Incurable, 33 34 67 II. Suffering from bodily Ailments, viz.:— 5 12 17 a. General Infirmities of Age, _ 4 4 b. ,, Debility,* 1 2 3 C. Specific Affections:— Ainenorrhoea and its Concomitants, 2 2 Paralysis and Pseudo-Paralysis,*f‘ ... 3 —- 3 Epilepsy, — 1 1 Fractures or Dislocations, — 1 1 Cutaneous Eruptions, — 1 1 Haemorrhoids, 1 — 1 Corueitis [Strumous], — 1 1 III. Refractory, Turbulent, or Irritable,X 9 10 19 Have Effected, Attempted, or Threatened Escape, 5 o O 8 Destructive to Property, 2 5 7 Dangerously Violent to the Person, 3 — 3 Of Wet or Dirty Habit3, — 7 7 Masturbators, or having other Vicious Habits, [e.g. Ordure eating or smearing, &c.] 3 3 Denuders, 2 2 4 IV. Attending Asylum Chapel, 17 16 33 ,, ,, Recreations, 18 14 32 ,, Amusements in Town, Taking Exercise beyond Asylum-grounds, 6 6 12 13 11 24 Dining iu Association, 33 37 70 * Frequently, if not generally, associated with the Strumous Diathesis. + Including Muscular Atrophy and Contraction from Disuse of Limbs. X In some cases, only during paroxysms of Periodic or Recurrent Acute Mania.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30302250_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
