Thirty-second annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1859.

  • James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics
Date:
1859
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Credit: Thirty-second annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1859. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II.—ADMISSIONS—[Continued.] Males. Females. Total. Excitement in connection with celebration of Burns’ Centenary, 1 0 1 Family bereavements or afflictions, 2 5 7 Fright, 0 1 1 Hereditary, 2 0 2 Ill-usage by husband, 0 4 4 Intemperance, 7 2 9 Jealousy, 2 0 2 Masturbation, 2 0 2 None assigned or known, 12 17 29 Over-study, 1 0 1 Parturition, 0 1 1 Quarrel, 1 0 1 Remorse regarding past conduct, 0 1 1 Religious excitement. 1 2 3 Scandal, 0 1 1 Sequelae of Fever, ... 0 1 1 7.—Co-existent physical disease or deformities, &c> Cephalalgia, 0 1 1 Chronic vomiting. 1 0 1 Constipation, 1 1 2 Debility from abstinence, extreme, 0 2 2 ,, other causes, 4 3 7 Distension of Mammae, 0 1 1 Dyspepsia, 0 1 1 General Paralysis, 1 1 2 Haemorrhoids, 1 1 2 Incontinence of Urine, 1 0 1 None, 23 23 46 Paraplegia, partial. 1 0 1 Pregnancy, 0 1 1 Salivation, 0 1 1 Strumous Diathesis, strongly marked, 1 5 6 Suicidal wounds (throat), 3 0 3 Synovitis Chronic (knee joint), 0 1 1 8.—Duration of Disease prior to admission. Under a week, 6 5 11 Between a week and a month, 5 11 16 ,, 1 and 6 months, 7 13 20 „ 6 „ 12 „ 3 5 8