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 III.—[Continued]. Form of Insanity. 4. Chronic Dementia. 5. Do. 1. Monomania of Vanity. 2. Monomania of Pride. M. m. s. 3. Monomaniaof Sus¬ picion. 4. Suicidal Melan¬ cholia. 5. Do. 1. Monomania of Vanity. 2. Chronic Dementia. 3. Do. 4. Do. m. m. s. m 5. Suicidal Melan¬ cholia. 6. Chronic Dementia. 7. Do. m. s. s. F. Actual Character. Existence vegetative. No evidence.— Vide II. 6, XV. 7. Do. XIII.—Benevolence—very large in 5 males. Believes that the great literary undertak¬ ing, on which he is engaged, is for the everlasting benefit of man ; unsocial in his habits.— Vide IV. 2, XIV. 1. Has an exalted opinion of his rank and status ; unsocial and uncommunicative ; countenance generally marked by a plea¬ sant smile, as if he were highly gratified by his own thoughts. — Vide II. 21. Vide II. 1. Evidence opposed. Vide XII. 1, XIV. 5. No evidence. Vide X. 2. Has bitter antipathies to the Sheriff and others connected with his confinement. XIV.— Veneration—a. very large in 4 males. His very voluminous writings are all on religious topics ; his delusions also are mostly connected with religious subjects ; his Bible is scribbled over with notes.— Vide XIII. 1, XV. 3. No evidence.— Vide XV. 6, No evidence; existence vegetative.— Vide II. 7. No evidence; existence vegetative.— Vide II. 8. b. Very small in 4 cases (3 males and 1 female). Vide XIII. 4, XXII. 1. No evidence. Existence vegetative ; no evidence.— Vide XII. 3. Do. do. K