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 IV.—[Continued]. S a O CO External Size of Cerebral “ Organs.” Actual Character. £ o o ‘S 3 tt-i O c3 c4 1.— Fery large. Philoprogenitiveness. 2.—Large. Amativeness, Adhesiveness, Destructiveness, Aliment- iveness, Benevolence, Wonder, Imitation, Order, Comparison, Causality. 3.—Moderate. Combativeness, Secretive¬ ness, Acquisitiveness, Con¬ structiveness, Cautious¬ ness, Wit, Individuality, Eventuality, Time, Com¬ parison. 4.—Small. Concentrativeness, Self¬ esteem, Love of Approba¬ tion, Veneration, Firmness, Conscientiousness, Hope,- Ideality. 1.— Large. Amativeness, Philoprogenit¬ iveness, Concentrative¬ ness, Adhesiveness, Self¬ esteem, Love of Approba¬ tion, Veneration, Wonder, Imitation, Individuality, Locality, Time, Tune. 2.—Moderate. Destructiveness, Aliment- iveness, Secretiveness, Acquisitiveness, Cautious¬ ness, Firmness. 3.—Small. Combativeness, Construct¬ iveness, Benevolence, Conscientiousness, Hope, Ideality, Wit, Eventuality, Comparison, Causality. Conduct and language lascivious and ob¬ scene ; no sense of delicacy or decency, though a lady by birth and breeding; has several children, of whom she never speaks, and all remembrance of whom she seems to have lost; was utterly in¬ different to the intelligence of her hus- band’s death ; is verv fond of dolls and of children’s playthings; habits and dis¬ position childish, but is subject to sud¬ den paroxysms of anger or fury ; incap¬ able of any kind of useful occupation ; extremely mischievous, disarranging furniture, scattering about bed-clothes, playing off tricks on her fellows, denud¬ ing herself, or destroying her clothing; an excellent mimic; most imaginative, making use of the strongest similes and tj u expressions in her conversation ; sings to herself occasionally in a low, sweet tone; frequently exhibits considerable childish affection for her companions; is most capricious, wayward, and restless. Gross and sensual in her ideas and expres¬ sions ; has no children ; appears to entertain an affectionate remembrance of her husband ; naturally indolent, and would spend her time lounging over the fire reading the newspapers, but is withal an excellent workwoman when she applies herself; has a variety of de¬ lusions connected with Scripture subjects, such as the millenium and the fulfilment of prophecy generally; is given to reli¬ gious reading, particularly of the Reve¬ lations and similar books, and also to the reading of “ shocking murders ” and police cases in the public prints, in which she believes she can foresee the “ signs of the timesdoes not, never¬ theless, attend chapel, and refuses the conversation of clergymen ; freely criti-