Report of the Committee of Visitors, and twelfth annual report of the medical superintendent, of the asylum for the insane poor of the County of Wilts / Wiltshire County Lunatic Asylum.

  • Wiltshire County Asylum
Date:
1863
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors, and twelfth annual report of the medical superintendent, of the asylum for the insane poor of the County of Wilts / Wiltshire County Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 12.—Shewing the probable causes of the disorder, SO FAR AS ASCERTAINED. Causes. Male. Female. Total. Predisposing Causes. „ Hereditary Predisposition ascertained ..... 14 15 29 Congenital Weakness of Mind ....... .1 2 3 Strumous Diathesis ........ 1 • 1 Advanced Age . 2 9 11 Nervous Temperament . 2 2 4 Feeble Health (2), Headache (2) ...... • 4 4 Constipation .. 1 • 1 Hypochondriasis .. . 2 • 2 Hysteria (3), Araenorrhosa (1). • 4 4 Undue Lactation . .. • 5 5 Epilepsy .. . 6 9 6 Intemperance .. 5 1 6 Immoderate Use of Tobacco.. 1 C 1 Irregular and Dissolute Life.. • 3 3 Solitary mode of Life ... 1 9 1 Ill-regulated Mind . 1 ] 2 Poverty and Want ........ • 1 ] Total . . . Exciting Causes. 23 32 55 Physical. Fright to Mother when Pregnant ...... • 2 2 Injuries of the Head (Somnambulism) .... 1 1 2 Fever . , . 1 1 Disease of Brain . • 1 1 Apoplexy (1) Paralysis . 4 2 6 Epilepsy . 2 1 3 Masturbation . 2 2 Puerperal Disorder .. • 4 4 Intemperance ........ 17 3 20 Undue Exertion as a Labourer. 1 9 1 Moral. Fright ........ 1 9 1 Disappointed Affections . 2 2 4 Disappointed Hopes and Expectations. 1 1 2 Poverty, Distress and Pecuniary Reverses. . . . 1 3 4 Grief for Death or Illness of Relatives. 1 4 5 Other Domestic Troubles—Desertion (1), &c. . 2 3 5 Religious Anxiety . » 1 1 Offended Pride . 1 1 Remorse .. • i 1 Total . . . 37 29 66 No Cause Ascertained . 8 2 10