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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    76 TABLE III.—[Continued]. Form of Insanity. 1. Monomania of Vanity. 2. Suicidal Melan¬ cholia. 3. Monomania of Sus¬ picion. 4. Chronic Mania. 5. Do. 1. Suicidal Melan¬ cholia. 2. Melancholia— Chronic Dementia. 1. Suicidal Melan¬ cholia. 2. Acute Mania. 3. Chronic Dementia. M. F. m, s. m. s. m m, m. s. w Actual Character. pump ; is devoid of all ingenuity.— Vide II. 12, XIX. 4. X. —Self-esteem—very large in 5 cases (4 males and 1 female). Thanks God that he is not as other men ; holds aloof from his fellows, whom he corrects, chastises, and despises; boasts of his superior sanctity, and devotes a large portion of his time to private Bible reading and prayer; but is not himself exempt from the weaknesses, faults, or crimes, which in others he sternly re¬ bukes.— Vide IX. 1, XXI. 2. Somewhat haughty and proud; but no other evidence.— Vide II. 20, XIII. 5. No evidence. Do. Vide XV. 4. Imperious, haughty, and turbulent; be¬ lieves herself to be a clergyman’s wife [she being really a pauper], and becomes most indignant and outrageous when ad¬ dressed by her maiden name. XI. —Love of Approbation—very large in 2 cases (1 male and 1 female). No evidence.— Vide II. 3, XII. 1. Existence almost vegetative ; childish in her conduct and conversation. No evi¬ dence.— Vide II. 26. XII.—Cautiousness—very large in 5 males. Has an extreme dread of committing sui¬ cide, and feels safe only within the walls of an Asylum. — Vide XI. 1, XIII. 4. Suspicious of the designs of his friends; believes he sees ghosts, spirits, and visions. Existence vegetative. No evidence.—