Tenth report of the Somerset County Pauper Lunatic Asylum : from 1st January to the end of the year 1857.

  • Somerset County Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Tenth report of the Somerset County Pauper Lunatic Asylum : from 1st January to the end of the year 1857. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLES. Table I. [1857.] ^Showing the time that each of 72 cases—38 males and 34 females required for its treatment to effect recovery, arranged in a line with the length of time the disorder had existed prior to admission. Duration of the Disorder prior to admission. No. of Cases. Time occupied in the treatmei to effect recovery. it 1 MONTHS. ! M. F. M. F. 1 eek 6 3 2 3 6 3 3 3 6 2 5 JL It *4 ■ • 2 Ditto 4 6 3 18 1 12 2 8 H 11 2 3 Ditto 6 5 2 2- 7 ■3 3 3 3 6 3 4 7 4 Ditto ., 6 2 18 H 2 10 3 6| 33 6 5 Ditto ». T - 2 0 3 5l 6 Ditto ft t. 3 1 2 3 2 5^ 9. AT r>Ti th ft 3 1 18 2 5 7 0 5 81 4 5 6 7 4 Ditto 2 2 12 4 • * • • • • t • 6 7 • • • • f 6 Ditto • • •. 1 2 9 18 70 11 Ditto 0 1 71 13 Ditto . • •. 1 2 22 8 6 • • 18 Ditto 1 1 9 27 3 Years 0 1 4 7 Ditto .. •. 1 0 84 Manv Ditto 1 1 50 42 ^ Irn nTirn 1 1 3 bk Total 38 34 . « • • Of these 72 recovered, the form of the disorder had been ; — M. F. Acute Mania.6 4 Ordinary Mania .. .. 7 5 Recurrent Mania .. .. 9 7 Puerperal Mania .. .. 0 4 Monomania .. .. .. 3 3 Melancholia .11 9 Delirium Tremens .. .. 2 0 Dementia.0 2 Total ,, .. .. 38 34 The exciting causes were ; — M. F. Hereditary Predisposition 9 7 Intemperance.6 1 Ill Health. 6 5 Poverty . 3 i 111 treatment .0 1 Disappointment in love .. 3 1 Grief.. 6 Religious Fanaticism .. 13 Superstition . ] 1 Fright.. 0 Injury to the Head .. .. 2 0 Injury to the Hand .. .. 10 Puerperal.. 4 Not known. 2 6 .38 34.