Eighth report of the Somerset County Pauper Lunatic Asylum : from 1st January to the end of the year 1855.

  • Somerset County Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1856
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Credit: Eighth report of the Somerset County Pauper Lunatic Asylum : from 1st January to the end of the year 1855. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    T ABLES. Table I, 1855. Showing the time that each of 63 cases—33 males and 30 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 treatment to effect recovery. MONTHS. M. F. M. F. 1 Week 7 8 3 3^ 4 3 5 4 4 4 10 4 12 3 2 2 66 2 Ditto 3 4 8' 21 3 1 4 4 7 36 3 Ditto 2 2 3 6' . J 39 36 4 Ditto .. .. 5 2 3 5 5 5 2 6 8 6 Ditto .. 2 3 60 4l! 3 5 4 2 Months .. 3 -1 5 3 42 j 9 3 Ditto 4 2 6 4 2 4 3 8 4 Ditto .. .. 2 1 5 8 3 6 Ditto 1 1 6 42 12 Ditto 0 1 3 18 Ditto 1 0 72 1 2 Years 1 1 66 1 10 3 Ditto 0 3 ■ 3 'l 85 Not known .. 2 1 12 3 I 27 Total 33 30 Of these <o3 recovered, the form of the disorder had been;— M. F. Acute Mania. 5 4 Ordinary Mania .. .. 7 4 He current Mania .. .. 9 8 Puerperal Mania .. .. 0 3 Monomania .4 0 Melancholia . 7 10 Delirium Tremens .. .. 1 1 The exciting causes were ; — M. F. Hereditary Predisposition 5 10 Intemperance. 3 1 Ill Health..5 2 Poverty.3 0 Ill Treatment .. .. .. 1 2 Disappointment .. .. 5 3 Grief.. .. .. .. • • 0 4 Excessive Study .. .. 2 0 Peligious Fanaticism ..4 1 Superstition. 2 1 Chancery Suit. ] 0 Injury to the Head.. .. 1 1 Puerperal.0 3 Not known . 1 2