Twenty-third annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted, in terms of their charter, to a general meeting of the directors, 19th June, 1843.

  • Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics.
Date:
1843
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Credit: Twenty-third annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted, in terms of their charter, to a general meeting of the directors, 19th June, 1843. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ©tstorg. QUERIES. / Relatives or Guardians, with the assistance of the Medical Attendant, are requested to annex, according to the best of their knowledge, precise Answers to the following Queries, or to as many of them as may be applicable to the case of the Patient. r Place of birth and settlement? Degree of education ? and Religion of the patient ? 2. Is the patient tall and powerful? and Is there anything remarkable in the patient’s usual appearance ? 3. How long has the patient been in¬ sane ? and Did the disorder come on gradually or suddenly ? 4. If the patient has been oftener than once insane ? When did the malady first occur ? How often did it occur before this last attack ? In what forms, and of what duration ? 1 5. How long before lunacy were any / such precursory symptoms observ¬ ed as the following,—viz. unusual depression or elevation of spirits, or any remarkable alteration in the temper, disposition, feelings, opi¬ nions, conduct, sleep, appetite,state of bowels, or health of the patient? ' 6. What have been, or are the promi¬ nent symptoms of the malady ? Has any obvious change in its form occurred ? And, does it appear to be increasing, declining, or stationary ? 7. Are there lucid intervals, or any great remissions, or exacerbations; and do such changes occur at un¬ certain times, or at stated periods ? 8. Does the patient rave indifferently on various subjects, or chiefly on one? and What is that subject ? Mention particularly any permanent or remarkable illusions. E