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 VI.—[Continued]. Form of Insanity. M. F. Conformational Peculiarities. Actual Character. 10.—Monomania of Vanity. r >> m. Head marked by consider¬ able lateral bulging in the anterior part of the front¬ al region, which becomes gradually narrower behind; occiput prominent; fore¬ head square, flat. Happy, garrulous, childish, querulous, and irritable; frequently involved in quarrels with his fellows or the attend¬ ants ; memory excellent — can repeat psalms and passages from Scripture with utmost facility and correctness.— Vide Table IV. 10, Table III., sec. IX. 1, sec. X. 1, sec. XXI. 2. VII.—Showing the form of Insanity in the Patients referred to in the foregoing Tables. M. F. Total. Mania, Acute, 4 6 10 ,, ,, Puerperal, • • • 3 3 ,, Chronic, ••• • • * ••• ••• • •• 13 19 32 ,, ,, Erotomania, « • • 8 8 Monomania, 16 9 25 Dipsomania, ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Melancholia, 1 • • » 1 5 16 21 Dementia, ••• ••• 43 28 71 General Paralysis, ... 2 • • • 2 Total, mi ••• 84 89 173