Medical report to the managers of the Lunatic Asylum of Aberdeen for the year ending 30th April, 1848 : read at the general meeting held in the asylum, 13th July, 1848.
- Lunatic Asylum of Aberdeen (Aberdeen, Scotland)
- Date:
- 1848
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Medical report to the managers of the Lunatic Asylum of Aberdeen for the year ending 30th April, 1848 : read at the general meeting held in the asylum, 13th July, 1848. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Moral Causes. Physical Causes. TABLE VII. DURATION OF THE MALADY IN THE CASES ADMITTED. Males. Females. Total. Cases of the first attack, of not more than three months’ duration, t 10 . . 12 . . 22 Cases of the first attack, of more than three, hut of not more than twelve months’ duration, 7 . . 8 . . 15 Cases not of the first attack, and of not more than twelve months’ duration, • 7 . . 13 . . 20 Cases whether of the first attack or not, of more than twelve months’ duration, # 18 . . 11 . . 29 Cases of which the duration has not been ascer- tained, (all old cases,) * 2 . . 5 . . 7 44 49 93 TABLE VIII. SUPPOSED CAUSES OP THE DISEASE IN THE CASES ADMITTED. Males. Fem. Total. f Hereditary predisposition, . 5 . Predisposition from previous attacks, 5 . Natural Imbecility, . . I Old age, . . . • 0 . Intemperance, . . . . 11 . Poverty and Destitution, . . 0 Exposure to weather, . . 1 • Irregular habits of life, . 0 . ; Injury of head, ... 0 . Phthisis, ..... 1 . Fever, ..... 2 . Meningitis, .... 1 . Paralysis, .... I . ■ Epilepsy, .... I . Masturbation, .... 3 . Child-birth—Abortion, . . 0 . Critical period of life, . . 0 . L. Amenorrhcea, . • 0 . • f Religious excitement, . • I Grief—Anxiety. ... 4 . Disappointment in love, . . 0 . Disappointment in business, . 4 . An affront, .... 0 . ^ Excessive study, ... 1 . Unknown, 3 6 2 1 G 3 0 ] 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 . 8 . 11 . 3 . 1 . 17 . 3 . 1 . I . 1 . 1 . 2 . 1 . 3 . 1 . 3 . 3 . 4 . 1 — 32 . . 3 . 7 . 2 . 5 . 1 . 1 — 10 . 2 . 33 . 65 9 . 19 7 . 9 44 49 93](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30460803_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
