Thirty-third annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1860.

  • James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics
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1860
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Credit: Thirty-third annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1860. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE I.—[Continued].—c. Moisture. Weather bright, clear, fair, „ dull, lowering, cloudy, ... „ variable, ... Bain, snow, sleet, or hail, Total, . d. Winds. . 78 cases. . 60 55 . 16 55 . 55 55 . 209 55 North, North-west, N orth-east,... East. ... 11 cases. 26 6 8 s> 55 55 South-west,... South-east, ... West, Wind moderate in ... ... ... ..; ,, considerable or great, causing gusty, breezy, or stormy weather, in 28 cases. 32 98 147 cases. 62 II.—Showing the nature of the sudden changes in the phases of Insanity referred Jo in the foregoing Table. 1. —Excitement, chiefly in regard to—a. Conduct. Assaulting fellow-patients, attendants, or officers; pugilistic, bullying, threatening with fists ; extreme irritability; insubordination ; imperious, overbearing, and haughty; biting, kicking, and scratching; breaking glass or furniture; destroying clothing or bedding; denuding; propen¬ sity to dance, attitudinize, or gesticulate; fits of laughter; swallowing unusual food—e.g., pieces of carpet, combs, grass, &c.; fugitive ; erotic. b. Language. Noisy; loquacious ; garrulous; argumentative; vituperative ; obscene; swearing ; satire ; declamation ; disrespectful ; imitative ; shouting ; screaming. c. Ideas. Development of transient and unusual delusions. d. Muscular exercise. Incessant hard walking or running ; rubbing head; slapping cheek; stamping feet. 2. —Depression, chiefly in regard to—a. Conduct. Obstinate abstinence from food; suicidal attempts; persistent re¬ maining in bed or in seclusion; passionate weeping; sullenness; anti¬ pathy ; peevishness; querulousness; indolence. b. Language. Taciturnity; nostalgia. N