Twenty-ninth annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted, in terms of their charter, to a general meeting of the directors, 18th June, 1849 with the report of the medical officers.

  • Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics
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1849
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Credit: Twenty-ninth annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted, in terms of their charter, to a general meeting of the directors, 18th June, 1849 with the report of the medical officers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ii. TABLE OF ADMISSIONS ACCORDING TO THE CAUSES OF INSANITY, SO FAR AS THEY CAN BE ASCERTAINED. PHYSICAL CAUSES. Hereditary, Drunkenness, Predisposition from previous attack, F ever, Childbirth, Influenza, Night-watching, Males. Females. Total. 6 2 8 4 2 6 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 Total, 12 8 20 III. MORAL CAUSES. Misfortunes, Grief, Fright, Loss of property, Want of employment, Domestic trials, Unknown, Total, Males. Females. Total. 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 6 8 8 10 18 10 16 26
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