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Credit: Climacteric insanity in the male / by Francis Skae, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The following table ishpws the Jig^iM .wJfiiQhv^like.iD^nity ^fts developed in GO cases :—.r..,.,i> ?.} -m/lt of^muh ' i oili x<i •^lliinticfr.i! TAlTiiR't <tnx;lrjmi rio oinix li . Age NUmlMiM C&l^^O . .flo50ll . . 8 ITI'Wl ^\\-< ■ ■ 4 52 ■ .1 • iiJH Mjiii jiiii siilTJjii;; , [i; nr/ioqmol I Carry over ; ■ 37 [■)))- ),.,I.iifJ^.rQgl^t9'^€'- 7^7,:--in 56 . . 4 67 . . C 58 . . 3 1 59 . . 0) 'hH 60 . . § f ,„-,; Gl , , . . 3 g2 'iio\.''in ^ b 63 ^ . 0 64 'fit at«v . 4 fi)Yi9B 'ir, |-i;(j!!!7^ ^^J'l-IOITf ^ni xl ii i'JI jifffTTT Silt -> . : Total r . 60 From tliis it is seen, that the greatest numher of cases occui-red at ^55 years of age. . Qf the 60, 45 were^ uiarried, 8 single, and in,, (7 jii^orniation ,as [to, th^iT domestic condition, yvas not supplied. ,, 1 Hereditary predisposition existed in 10 of the ahoye cases, m ■VKhich 10 cases the climacteric change must be regarded as^ the \exciting cause. In none of these cases had. thp ordinaiy moral pr physical causes,., to the influence of which, they had been more ,pr less necessaifily exposed before they were 48 years of, age, induced jij;isan..itynq^e ot; them had Jabpured under pxevioi^s .attack^ of ■j ^sanity. ^^Phey . had p^sseid \yiith, safety, .the age; at;whiph jinsap-ity is most frequently developed, and their history thus tends to sho.w ■the,very cons,id,eral;)l,p, anjd,,comparatiy|elyj ,ppw;ei:ful influeifce. of ..thje pliinacteric,ph3,ng!9 as ^nfe.x;Qitiqgica^^e pt,insanity in.a, cpiistitutipp hereditarily predisposed to that disease. But, , apart froni , these casps hei^editarily pre(;lisppsed,, ther.e..cap ;be; ,|i,ttlei; doubt,,,!, think, (thiat,tihe, clim£\cteric change; in ,^nan exerci^ies .a) yery,ppTfrerful influ- ^enc^ as, a, pause , of ^ in,saji^,ty , ^d, i this. yie\\r, i^s strengthened .lay ;tl>p fapt, ,t}^at a, considerable proportion of, t|ie. ca^es met Avith i at ,that tjme of lijfe. a^e those |pf men wjio hayp bef^jn, pinineptly, snpcessfi^l ip, ^business, |pr, in ,theii: „prpfe^ipp,, .'vvrha )t^?ive| sppii;!,-©)^ tp, |t|iein,S|^lj[e^ comfort if npt^ affluenee, whp.fiip.e happy in, tpeir domestic relation^, and who ^^ay reasppabl.y,,]3p,,supposed .to},W ^'^UpyM .^i^P^ ti}P harassing inflnenqp;, pf,; prptraptpd., tnen,t^l e,xertipn,f ^ dpmpstic , happiness, pr pepuniary embarrassment.. And yet men sp,circjum- ;stanced. are npt., .i^tnfrequently. seen, ,tp , J^p. ,pppressed,, by gloomj desppudenpy,, viewing, ;the past )yith,tbi^ttej: .p:en^prse, the presei^ witn impatient; ' ^e ^ futiu'p, ■wiitfi, pxaggerated , apd delusional anxiety, — they become, mp];bidly ii-ritable and sus- picious, give way tp paus.ele,ss_ ^tprfpr,; ,be\feyp. ,t^^ of crimes fpr wl^pjf Jhey ,f^•^._,tp_,,i^e/^Y'ei;J^stingty,^^^^ unmistakable proof of their insanity in tlieir conversation, 'conduct, and appearance ; which insanity, I.vcntui-p to subinit, t'^ ^ th^, reaif^ of the effect iipon hrq,iff.^.oJ; a^^p')}a{t\ti^jtipn^l;^^^](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21479161_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
