Forty-first annual report of the directors of the Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics, submitted, in terms of their charter, to general meeting of contributors, 13th January, 1855.
- Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum
- Date:
- 1855
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Forty-first annual report of the directors of the Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics, submitted, in terms of their charter, to general meeting of contributors, 13th January, 1855. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Table 5.—Showing the Causes of Insanity in those Cured. Anxiety, ..... Males. . 1 Females. Total. 0 ... 1 Death of Relatives, . . 0 2 ... 2 Desertion by Husband, . 0 • • • 1 • • • 1 Disappointment, Pecuniary, . 0 • • • 1 • • • 1 Fatigue, o . 0 • • • 1 • • • 1 Fever, ..... . 1 1 2 Grief, ..... . 2 9 • • • 9 • • 4 Hereditary, .... . 4 • • • u • • t 7 Imprisonment, .... . 2 • • • 0 • • • 2 Intemperance, .... . 25 ... 16 41 Love, Disappointed, . . 0 • • • 1 • • • 1 Menstrua] Disorder, . . 0 ... 2 ... 2 Nervous Debility, . 0 • • • 1 •«• 1 Nursing (Protracted), . 0 • • • 1 • • • 1 Over-Exertion in Business, . 2 • • • 0 • • • 2 Over-Study, .... . 1 • • • 0 • • • 1 Previous Insanity, . 9 ... 11 ... 20 Puerperal States, . 0 ... 5 .. 5 Quarrel, ..... . 0 • • • 1 • • • 1 Religious Excitement, . 2 ... 2 ... 4 Remorse, ..... . 0 • ■ • 1 • • • 1 Reverses in Business, . 2 ... 0 ... 2 Slanderous Reports, . . 0 • • • 1 • • • 1 Unascertained, .... . 9 ... 3 12 Total, . 60 ... 56 116 Table 6.—Showing the per Cent, of Cures upon the Total Num¬ ber Treated; the Number Treated to a Conclusion; and the Number Admitted. Cent. Total Number Treated, .... 712) p (16.27 Do. do. to a Conclusion, . 288 >- lu. ’ ~c 40.27 Admitted,. 240j ilb (48.3 IV.—TABLES RELATIVE TO PATIENTS WHO HAVE DIED DURING THE YEAR 1854. Table 1 .—Showing the Form of Insanity in those who Died. Mania, ...... Males. . 5 Females. • • • 5 Total. ... 10 Monomania, including Melancholia, . . 8 ... 9 ... 17 Dementia, ..... . 19 ... 16 ... 35](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30316583_0052.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
